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In the Storm

           awalkingengineofglitteringmetal,stridingnowacrosstheheather; articulateropesofsteeldanglingfromit,andtheclatteringtumultofitspassageminglingwiththeriotofthethunder. Aflash,anditcameoutvividly,heelingoveronewaywithtwofeetintheair, tovanishandreappearalmostinstantlyasitseemed,withthenextflash,ahundredyardsnearer. Canyouimagineamilkingstooltiltedandbowledviolentlyalongtheground? Thatwastheimpressionthoseinstantflashesgave. Butinsteadofamilkingstoolimagineitagreatbodyofmachineryonatripodstand. 

           Thensuddenlythetreesinthepinewoodaheadofmewereparted,asbrittlereedsarepartedbyamanthrustingthroughthem; theyweresnappedoffanddrivenheadlong,andasecondhugetripodappeared,rushing,asitseemed,headlongtowardsme. AndIwasgallopinghardtomeetit! Atthesightofthesecondmonstermynervewentaltogether. Notstoppingtolookagain,Iwrenchedthehorse’sheadhardroundtotherightandinanothermomentthedogcarthadheeledoveruponthehorse; theshaftssmashednoisily,andIwasflungsidewaysandfellheavilyintoashallowpoolofwater. 

           Icrawledoutalmostimmediately,andcrouched,myfeetstillinthewater,underaclumpoffurze. Thehorselaymotionless(hisneckwasbroken,poorbrute!)andbythelightningflashesIsawtheblackbulkoftheoverturneddogcartandthesilhouetteofthewheelstillspinningslowly. Inanothermomentthecolossalmechanismwentstridingbyme,andpasseduphilltowardsPyrford. 

           Seennearer,theThingwasincrediblystrange,foritwasnomereinsensatemachinedrivingonitsway. Machineitwas,witharingingmetallicpace,andlong,flexible,glitteringtentacles(oneofwhichgrippedayoungpinetree)swingingandrattlingaboutitsstrangebody. 

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