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Sand Hill Thicket
Erin.Fay.WritesNo one would know if the hunt hadn't happened. We spotted antelope in the distance when one of them did that stiff-legged jump, then went in the direction of the #pronking. Our weapons were steady.
We should have stopped. We wouldn't have seen what was in the valley beyond the herd, and I wouldn't know my rule was coming to an end, if we'd stopped. No one would have seen the #qilin. I would die in ignorance.
Should I abdicate? Or is death inevitable no matter what I do?
Andrzej"#Pronking is what is known as an 'honest signal'—gazelles jump like that to show predators it would be more trouble than it's worth trying to chase them. That's why I chose you." He ran the blade across my face. "All of your friends were pronking."
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KateM'You'd be surprised, Pixie. Gabriel was a real pronker in his youth.'
'Really, Mama G?'
Gabe splutters & reddens.
'Oh, yes. Him & his friends in tight trousers & glitter, #pronking on street corners & parks in Angel City.'
'Can we have a demonstration, Gabe?'
He growls.
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'Really, Mama G?'
Gabe splutters & reddens.
'Oh, yes. Him & his friends in tight trousers & glitter, #pronking on street corners & parks in Angel City.'
'Can we have a demonstration, Gabe?'
He growls.
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Katherine TraverseThe sage dreamed of disaster, and prayed for a solution. The gods sent a qilin, pronking along, most undignified. It led the sage to a child, abandoned but amused by the sacred beast’s antics.
"So you are our hero," the sage said, holding his hand out to their only hope.
The child laughed, and the winter-barren clearing around them bloomed.
Emma Lee