Sourcery - A Novel Of Discworld Part 40

* For a description of the chimera we shall turn to Broomfog's famous bestiary For a description of the chimera we shall turn to Broomfog's famous bestiary Anima Unnaturale Anima Unnaturale: "It have thee legges of an mermade, the hair of an tortoise, the teeth of an fowel, and the winges of an snake. Of course, I have only my worde for it, the beast having the breathe of an furnace and the temperament of an rubber balloon in a hurricane."

* Of course, wizards often killed one another by ordinary, nonmagical means, but this was perfectly allowable and death by a.s.sa.s.sination was considered natural causes for a wizard. Of course, wizards often killed one another by ordinary, nonmagical means, but this was perfectly allowable and death by a.s.sa.s.sination was considered natural causes for a wizard.

* All right. But you've got the general idea. All right. But you've got the general idea.

* It was a Fullomyth, an invaluable aid for all whose business is with the arcane and hermetic. It contained lists of things that didn't exist and, in a very significant way, weren't important. Some of its pages could only be read after midnight, or by strange and improbable illuminations. There were descriptions of underground constellations and wines as yet unfermented. For the really up-to-the-epoch occultist, who could afford the version bound in spider skin, there was even an insert showing the London Underground with the three stations they never dare show on the public maps. It was a Fullomyth, an invaluable aid for all whose business is with the arcane and hermetic. It contained lists of things that didn't exist and, in a very significant way, weren't important. Some of its pages could only be read after midnight, or by strange and improbable illuminations. There were descriptions of underground constellations and wines as yet unfermented. For the really up-to-the-epoch occultist, who could afford the version bound in spider skin, there was even an insert showing the London Underground with the three stations they never dare show on the public maps.

* He always argued that he was. He always argued that he was.

* Very popular among G.o.ds, demi-G.o.ds, daemons and other supernatural creatures, who feel at home with questions like "What is It all About?" and "Where will It all End?" Very popular among G.o.ds, demi-G.o.ds, daemons and other supernatural creatures, who feel at home with questions like "What is It all About?" and "Where will It all End?"

* Although this was the only way in which they resembled the idols built, in response to ancient and unacknowledged memories, by children in snowy weather; it was extremely unlikely that this Ice Giant would be a small mound of grubby ice with a carrot in it by the morning. Although this was the only way in which they resembled the idols built, in response to ancient and unacknowledged memories, by children in snowy weather; it was extremely unlikely that this Ice Giant would be a small mound of grubby ice with a carrot in it by the morning.

* Which wisely decided not to fly again, was never claimed, and lived out the rest of its days as the carriage horse of an elderly lady. What War did about this is unrecorded; it is pretty certain that he got another one. Which wisely decided not to fly again, was never claimed, and lived out the rest of its days as the carriage horse of an elderly lady. What War did about this is unrecorded; it is pretty certain that he got another one.