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I made no answer, for at that moment I heard a very curious sound, which

seemed to me to proceed from somewhere above the hut Of what did it

remind hter

of Zikali, Opener-of-Roads--Zikali, the "Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born"

Doubtless, however, it was only the cry of soht bird

Or perhaps it was an hyena that laughed--an hyena that scented death