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"Ook" There was nothing to do but wait for full on out of a coffee cup "The little ones get everywhere," he said "Just like kittens But the adults just keep their distance and stare at us"

"Like cats, then," said Rincewind He lifted up his hat and untangled a sht to take a few back?"

"We'll be taking them all back if we're not careful!"

"They look a bit like Errol," said Carrot "You know, the little dragon that was our Watchout how to, er flaon," Carrot added, "but now it looks as though he was a throwback Is Leonard still out there?" They looked out at Leonard, who had taken half an hour off to do soon had perched on his shoulder "He says he's never seen light like it," said Rincewind "He says he "

"Considering what?"

"Considering that two of the tubes he was using contain tomato puree and cream cheese"

"Did you tell him?"

"I didn't like to He was so enthusiastic"

"We'd better start feeding the dragons," said Carrot, putting his cup down "All right Can you unstick this frying pan from my head, please?" Half an hour later the flicker of the omniscope screen illuons," said Carrot "The plants here are odd They seelassy metal Leonard has a rather i the day and then shine at night, thus creating "ons see shortly I a some rocks"

"I'm sure they will come in useful," said Lord Vetinari "Actually, sir, they will be very valuable," whispered Ponder Stibbons "Really?" said the Patrician "Oh, yes! They may well be completely different from rocks on the Disc!"

"And if they are exactly the sa, sir!" Lord Vetinari looked at Ponder without speaking He could deal withPonder Stibbons was of a

sort he had yet to find the handles on It was best to nod and sive it the bits of machinery it seemed to think were so important, lest it run amok "Well done," he said "Ah, yes, of courseand the rocks may contain valuable ores, or possibly even diaed "I wouldn't know about that sir But they may tell us more about the history of the moon" Vetinari's brorinkled "History?" he said "But no one lives th- I mean, yes well done Tell ons chewed at the lassy surface, and little blue and green sparks sizzled over the dragons' teeth when they bit into thees Unfortunately, the only explorer ould have noticed that the ons ate only the occasional leaf was Leonard, and he had been too busy painting Swa a lot of things in the energy-poor environ the equivalent of stale cakes into usable flame took delivery of dialectric surfaces chock-full of aloing to be a matter of time before one of them burped The whole of the Disc waswell, there was the problem, from Rincewind's point of view It was below them now It looked below, even if it was really just over there He couldn't get over the dreadful feeling that once the Kite was airborne it would simply drop down to those distant, fleecy clouds The Librarian helped hi on his side, as Leonard s and everything," Rincewind said "It's just that I'm not at home in an environment where every direction is down"

"Ook"

"I don't knohat I'll say to hiuoing anywhere near the gods We're like toys to them, you know" And they don't realise how easily the ars come off, he added to himself "Ook?"

"Pardon? Do you really say that?"

"Ook; "There is aod?"

"Ook?"

"No, no, that's fine, fine Not one of our locals ones, is he?"

"Eek"

"Oh the Counterweight Continent Well, they'll believe just about anything over" He glanced out of theand shuddered, "Down there" There was a thud as the ratchet clicked into place "Thank yon, gentlemen" said Leonard "Now if you'll just take your seats we-" The thump of an explosion rocked the Kite and knocked Rincewind off his feet "How curious, one of the dragons appears to have fired a little earl-" Behold!" said Cohen, striking a pose The Silver Horde looked around "What?" said Evil Harry "Behold, the citadels of the gods!" said Cohen, striking the pose again

"Yes, well, we can see it," said Caleb "Is there so with your back?"