《Shadows 》作者：- Leigh Brackett【EPUB】

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THE SHADOWS Leigh Brackett FOR COUNTLESS numbers of its years there had been no sight or sound or sense of man upon theworld of the little blue star. But now without warning a remembered thing had come suddenlyinto the air again—a quiver a subtle throbbing that meant only one kind of life. The shadowsfelt it the Shadows that had waited so long and patiently. They began to stir among the ruinedwalls. They rose and shook themselves and a soundless whisper ran among them a hungrywhisper wild and eager. quotMan Man Man has come againquot THE GALACTIC SURVEY ship lay in anexpanse of level plain ringed on one side by low mountains and on the other by a curving beltof forest. A river ran across the plain and there was much grass. But nothing cropped it andthere were no tracks in the mud of the river bank to show that anything had. Hubbard sniffedthe warm air and dug his feet into the soil which was rich and dark. He grinned broadly. quotThisis something like itquot he said. quotA pretty world. Real pretty.quot He was a young man. His field was anthropology and this was his first voyage out. For him thestars still shone brightly. Barrier looked at him between envy and sadness. He said nothing.His gaze roving off across the Main and the forest studied the sky—a suspicious sombre gaze.He was old enough to be Hubbards father and he felt every year of it pressed down and runningover. quotOf course the colors are all wrongquot said Hubbard quotbut thats nothing. After theyd livedwith a blue sun for a while people would think it was the only kind to have.quot Barrier grunted. quotWhat peoplequot quotWhy the colonists the people that will live here some dayquot Hubbard laughed suddenly.quotWhats the matter with you Here at last weve found a beautiful world and youre as glum asthough it were