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"What're you doing, lad?" he said "I see you found a skull"

"It's going to be the sound box," said the ht, isn't it?"

"Sure Good fate for a hero, having his bonesout wonderful"

"This will be a kind of lyre" said theto be a bit primitive, I's," said Cohen "I have been thinking about thethe saga" the ood lad Plenty of spakes?"

"Uend of how Mazeda stole fire for mankind in the first place"

"Nice," said Cohen "And then a few verses about what the gods did to hi "Did to him? Did to him?" said Cohen "They made him immortal!"

"Eryes In a way, I suppose"

"What do you y Cohen," said the ht everyone knew He was chained to a rock for eternity and every day an eagle comes and pecks out his liver"

"Is that true?"

"It's mentioned in many of the classic texts "I'm not much of a reader," said Cohen "Chained to a rock? For a first offence? He's still there?"

"Eternity isn't finished yet Cohen"

"He ain every night, according to the legend," said the minstrel "I wish my kidneys did" said Cohen He stared at the distant clouds that hid the snowy top of the ods did that to him, eh? Well we'll have to see about that" The omniscope showed a snowstorm "Bad weather down there, then," said Ridcully "No, it's thau under the elephants We'll get a lot more of it, I'm afraid"

"Did they really say "Ankh-Morpork, we have an orangutan"?" said the Dean "The Librarian ot on board so odd comers to sleep in And that I'ht and the air ErI have to tell you that I'et back on to the Disc now"

"What do you mean, you're not sure?" said Lord Vetinari "ErI mean I am sure but, er, no one likes bad news all at once, sir" Lord Vetinari looked at the big spell that dominated the cabin It floated in the air: the whole world, sketched in glowing lines and dropping fro line As he watched it lengthened slightly "They can't just turn around and come back?" he said "No, sir It doesn't work like that"

"Can they throw the Librarian out?" The wizards looked shocked "No, sir," said Ponder "That would be murder, sir"

"Yes, but they may save the world One ape dies, one world lives You do not need to be a rocket wizard to work that out, surely?"

"You can't ask them to make a decision like that, sir!"

"Really? I make decisions like that every day," said Lord Vetinari "Oh very well What are they short of?"

"Air and dragon power, sir"

"If they chop up the orangutan and feed hions, won't that kill two birds with one stone?" The sudden iciness told Lord Vetinari that once again he hadn't taken his audience with hion flapath over the Disc, sir They have to fire the dragons at the right tiain "And now?"

"I'm not quite sure sir They ht out into endless space"

"And they need air "

"Yes, sir" Vetinari's arer pointed "Is there any air here?" he said That meal," said Cohen, "was heroic No other word for it"

"That's right, Mrs McGarry" said Evil Harry "Even rat doesn't taste this much like chicken"

"Yes, the tentacles hardly spoiled it at all!" said Caleb enthusiastically They sat and watched the view What had once been the world beloas noorld in front, rising like an endless wall "What're they, right up there?" said Cohen, pointing "Thanks, friend" said Evil Harry, looking away "I'd like thechicken to stay down, if it's all the sain Islands" said the minstrel "So called because there's so many of them"