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[英文] 《Discworld 11 - Reaper Man 》作者:- Pratchett_ Terry 【EPUB】

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Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett The Morris dance is common to all inhabited worlds in the multiverse. It is danced under blue skies to celebrate the quickening of the soil and under bare stars because its springtime and with any luck the carbon dioxide will unfreeze again. The imperative is felt by deep-sea beings who have never seen the sun and urban humans whose only connection with the cycles of nature is that their Volvo once ran over a sheep. It is danced innocently by raggedy-bearded young mathematicians to an inexpert accordion rendering of quotMrs Widgerys Lodgerquot and ruthlessly by such as the Ninja Morris Men of New Ankh who can do strange and terrible things with a simple handkerchief and a bell. And it is never danced properly. Except on the Discworld which is flat and supported on the backs of four elephants which travel through space on the shell of Great ATuin the world turtle. And even there only in one place have they got it right. Its a small village high in the Ramtop Mountains where the big and simple secret is handed down across the generations. There the men dance on the first day of spring backwards and forwards bells tied under their knees white shirts flapping. People come and watch. Theres an ox roast afterwards and its generally considered a nice day out for all the family. But that isnt the secret. The secret is the other dance. And that wont happen for a while yet. There is a ticking such as might be made by a clock. And indeed in the
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