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The Thing in the Forest.

           ThensuddenlyuponthebankofthestreamappearedSomethingatfirstIcouldnotdistinguishwhatitwas.Itboweditsroundheadtothewater,andbegantodrink.ThenIsawitwasaman,goingonall-fourslikeabeast.Hewasclothedinbluishcloth,andwasofacopper-colouredhue,withblackhair.Itseemedthatgrotesqueuglinesswasaninvariablecharacteroftheseislanders.Icouldhearthesuckofthewaterathislipsashedrank.

           Ileantforwardtoseehimbetter,andapieceoflava,detachedbymyhand,wentpatteringdowntheslope.Helookedupguiltily,andhiseyesmetmine.Forthwithhescrambledtohisfeet,andstoodwipinghisclumsyhandacrosshismouthandregardingme.Hislegswerescarcelyhalfthelengthofhisbody.So,staringoneanotheroutofcountenance,weremainedforperhapsthespaceofaminute.Then,stoppingtolookbackonceortwice,heslunkoffamongthebushestotherightofme,andIheardtheswishofthefrondsgrowfaintinthedistanceanddieaway.Longafterhehaddisappeared,Iremainedsittingupstaringinthedirectionofhisretreat.Mydrowsytranquillityhadgone.

           Iwasstartledbyanoisebehindme,andturningsuddenlysawtheflappingwhitetailofarabbitvanishinguptheslope.Ijumpedtomyfeet.Theapparitionofthisgrotesque,half-bestialcreaturehadsuddenlypopulatedthestillnessoftheafternoonforme.Ilookedaroundmerathernervously,andregrettedthatIwasunarmed.

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