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The most Wonderful Things have Happened

           Thefemalesandyoungoneshuddledtogetherbesidethewater,whilethewholecircleofsentinelsroseoneaftertheotherandsailedoffintothesky.Itwasawonderfulsighttoseeatleastahundredcreaturesofsuchenormoussizeandhideousappearanceallswoopinglikeswallowswithswift,shearingwing-strokesaboveus;butsoonwerealizedthatitwasnotoneonwhichwecouldaffordtolinger.Atfirstthegreatbrutesflewroundinahugering,asiftomakesurewhattheexactextentofthedangermightbe.Then,theflightgrewlowerandthecirclenarrower,untiltheywerewhizzingroundandroundus,thedry,rustlingflapoftheirhugeslate-coloredwingsfillingtheairwithavolumeofsoundthatmademethinkofHendonaerodromeuponaraceday.

           "Makeforthewoodandkeeptogether,"criedLordJohn,clubbinghisrifle."Thebrutesmeanmischief."

           Themomentweattemptedtoretreatthecircleclosedinuponus,untilthetipsofthewingsofthosenearesttousnearlytouchedourfaces.Webeatatthemwiththestocksofourguns,buttherewasnothingsolidorvulnerabletostrike.Thensuddenlyoutofthewhizzing,slate-coloredcirclealongneckshotout,andafiercebeakmadeathrustatus.Anotherandanotherfollowed.Summerleegaveacryandputhishandtohisface,fromwhichthebloodwasstreaming.Ifeltaprodatthebackofmyneck,andturneddizzywiththeshock.Challengerfell,andasIstoopedtopickhimupIwasagainstruckfrombehindanddroppedonthetopofhim.

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