Robert Silverberg by The New Springtime

Author:The New Springtime
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-28T00:45:06+00:00

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The boy's name was Tikharein Tourb. He was nine. He wore the black-and-yellow Nest-guardian talisman on his breast.

The girl was Chhia Kreun. She had the wrist-amulet.

They stood before a congregation of eleven children and three adults. Aromatic boughs were piled high in the little rough-walled basement room, so that the pungent odor of sippariu sap mingled with the sweetness of dilifar needles to make the air almost intoxicatingly strong.

"Hold hands," said Tikharein Tourb. "Everyone, touch together! Close your eyes."

Chhia Kreun, standing next to the boughs, was virtually in a trance. She began to chant, unknown words, thick and harsh. Perhaps they were hjjk words. Who could say? They were sounds that

Kundalimon had taught them. What they might mean, no one knew. But they had a holy sound.

"Everyone," Tikharein Tourb cried. "Come on! Everyone, say the words! Say them! Say them! It is the prayer to the Queen!"

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