settlement by a river, and table; so o, and tures back  frig t of t made ed enougo ignore t.

    And in tures pons, t eacime in tant past, a line of ancestral creatures must ructure and found it  as generations

    of long-ago craral spine.

    t er a eered by leaning to one side or tled along at a speed Mary found terrifying, to admit t ture sest feeling of danger. If only so o, s.

    At t of tand of t trees, and nearby a river meandered on t looked like a er, but s spend long looking at t, because tures tlement on ty to see it.

    ty or ty s, rougo s to see, tle-and-daub mixture on tcures  out of thers bringing brushwood for a fire.

    So ty. And about tment being made in ures became t  told s not theyre us.

    te close noo eaco look. ty from to a , and Mary clambered stiffly do ser on.

    quot;t; so ? eed? -eyed amiability t stood beside tled for, friend.

    runk and imitated her words:

    quot;Anku,quot; s.

    Sook ure (quot;Anku! Anku!quot;) and  and on to the village.

    And tion truly began.

    In t feo be just as ruck by o begin  get enouge trunks felt over every joint, searc tly, and tc as so curn, t runks. tely flexible, and about as long as e poions at tip  gentleness; tures seemed to be able to vary tone of t of fingertips, from a soft velvet to a solidity like , te task like milking a grazer and tearing and shaping branches.

    Little by little, Mary realized t trunks  in communication, too. A movement of trunk