Foster, Alan Dean Quozl

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were a young man and woman accompanied by several children. There were also unseen figures clad in
light overcoats with hoods. Such attire looked out of place in Southern California.
So did the cloth wrappings which swathed oversized feet.
Seven were so dressed. By now the oversized feet had been noticed by many in the crowd, but that
didn t lessen the gasp of surprise that filled the room when all seven divested themselves of their
overclothes.
Runs-red-Talking and Seams-with-Metal were not the only Quozl in Los Angeles after all.
The old woman came forward voluntarily, the assistant attorney in-formed Chad and Mindy in an
excited whisper. Naturally we didn t believe her at first. Since this started, our office has been
bombarded with nut calls. But because we re a government bureau we re obligated to listen to all of
them.
The longer she talked the more convinced we became that she might have something, though we
weren t sure what. She knew stuff that hadn t been made available to the public at large, things you
couldn t just pick up
from watching tv. So on a hunch, Ellen, and he nodded in the direction of the beaming, triumphant chief
government attorney, sent somebody from the office up to check out her story.
A second assistant chimed in enthusiastically. Old lady Greenley had been following all the news
reports. You might not think it to look at her, but she s got her ownsatellitedish. Seems like everybody in
that part of the world has one. When this bunch decided to try and seal off the Quozl, she decided she
had to come forward. She wanted to help.
The other assistant thought to add an apology. He had to raise his voice to make himself heard above
the uproar that had engulfed the hearing chamber.
We kept it from you two because Ellen wanted it to be a complete surprise, and because they, and he
indicated the seven Quozl assembled before the bench, insisted on doing it that way.
Amidst the pandemonium Runs and Seams stood quietly, gazing across at the equally silent cluster of
Quozl. Greetings had already been exchanged by means of hand and ear gestures. The aliens ignored the
babbling humans as the court administrator vainly attempted to restore a semblance of order to the
hopelessly excited audience.
Runs addressed himself in high-speed Quozl to the grizzled male who was clearly the patriarch of the
group. Of those near enough to overhear, only Chad and Mindy understood any of what was being said.
Runs and the old Quozl began by complimenting each other on their appearance and jewelry. Then the
Elder said, You see, new friend, that the Council of Elders was and always has been wrong. All this
might have been avoided.
That is no certainty, Most Honored of Elders. Runs was correctly defer-ential to a Senior even though
he happened to be the greatest criminal in Shirazian Quozl history. The time was not deemed right by the
Council.
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Though you felt otherwise. This from the patriarch s companion, a fe-male of equal age. You felt
instead much as we did.
No. Runs protested strenuously with both voice and ears. Unlike you, I did not flee the Burrow. I
sought no contact. It simply happened. What followed was something I did not and would not have
initiated.
The female made an impolite gesture with one ear. Your posture betrays you. Your mind does not
out-argue your spirit. There is too much life in your Sama.
The young couple which had accompanied the two old Quozl into the room stood silently off to the side,
corralling their children and waiting pa-tiently.
You should not be alive, High-red-Chanter. Runs still found it hard to believe he was really talking to
the infamous renegade of recent history.
If not for the old human female, both Thinks-of-Grim and I would nothave survived through the firstcold
season.
Chad addressed them in Quozl. If you could speakin English,it would behelpful. You re going so fast I
can hardly follow you, and no one else in the room knows what is going on. Do you know English? [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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