Książki wygrzebane

Worthsword Editions 2001
Stron: 176
Ilustracje: tak, ale bardzo mało

Książka wygrzebana w księgarni językowej.




Pratchettomaniakom Jacqueline Simpson może być znana jako współautorka bardzo intersującej książki "The Folklore of Discworld" (szczerze polecam - może nawet, choć to rzecz mocno nowa, napiszę o tym trochę na "Książkach wygrzebanych" w najbliższym czasie). Muszę tu się jednak pochwalić, że "British Dragon" kupiłam na długo przed ukazaniem się "The Folklore of Discworld", jeszcze zanim w ogóle zaczęłam czytać Pratchetta.

Jeżeli ktoś lubi opowieści o smokach - polecam.

[długa walka - ciach, ciach, ciach]

At length the hard earth began to quake,
The dragon gave him a knock,
Which made him to reel, and straightaway he thought
To lift him as a rock,
And thence let him fall. But More of More Hall
Like a valiant son of Mars,
As he came like a lout, so he turned him about,
And hit him a kick on the arse.

'Oh,' quoth the dragon, with a deep sigh,
And turned six times together,
Sobbing and tearing, cursing and swearing,
Out of his throat of leather;
'More of More Hall! Oh thou rascal!
Would I had seen you never!
With the thing at thy foot, thou hast prick'd my arse-gut,
And I'm quite undone for ever.

'Murder, murder!' the dragon cried,
'Alack, alack for grief!
Had you but missed that place, you could
Have done me no mischief.'
Then his head he shaked, trembled and quaked,
And down he laid and cried;
First on one knee, then on back tumbled he,
So groaned, kicked, shat, and died