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{{name}} is a book containing a set of sayings about Birds. | |||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Birds can't eat rice that wasn't planted.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Reared on the wisdom of our fairy tales, we're accustomed to feeling pity for the man who's transformed into a frog or finch, but seldom is it that we spare a thought for the artless beast who's transformed into a man and upon whom fate has surely played a much crueler trick.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |If asked who's responsible for your misfortunes, blame birds. They neither care, nor can they muster much of a defense.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Let no fear in your heart grow so immense as the fear for large birds.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Birds ruin festivals and lift sieges.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Ol' Uri squinted and then nodded at the glowcrow's suggestion for a game of backgammon. | ||
The boy started. "But Uri! How can you dice with these vermin after one pecked out your eye?" | The boy started. "But Uri! How can you dice with these vermin after one pecked out your eye?" | ||
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Uri shrugged, "Can't blame the crow. He was gonna peck, whether my eye was there or not."}} | Uri shrugged, "Can't blame the crow. He was gonna peck, whether my eye was there or not."}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |The sighting of a crimson swift augurs the death of an aged water baron. | ||
A silver thrush heralds a fossil harvest bountiful in chrome. | A silver thrush heralds a fossil harvest bountiful in chrome. | ||
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But the tongueless kagu... stay far from a tongueless kagu. Far and farther.}} | But the tongueless kagu... stay far from a tongueless kagu. Far and farther.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Some birds breathe fire. My meaning here is plain.}} | ||
{{ | {{Book Page |Atop the Spindle, where debtors and birds go.}} | ||
[[ | ==Trivia== | ||
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* {{Name}} is one of multiple items that reference a figure named [[Uri]]. |
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