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Authors: Alan Garner

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I see a new Story. I see a Dream.

Tell me, said the other.

‘I’ll tell you. I’ve got to tell you.’

I sang and danced and cut the woman. I sang and danced and I cut strong. I cut with the last bone of the Mother, to fetch the woman. But you have come.

‘I must tell you.’

I am spirit. I am peace. Take the Stone. Take the bone of the Mother.

‘I will.’

Sing, dance, cut. Bring back the sun.

‘I shall.’

It is a true Story, said the other. It is a true Dream. Sleep now.

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Thursbitch

ESSAYS

The Voice that Thunders

Copyright

First published in Great Britain in 2012 by

Fourth Estate

An imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers

77–85 Fulham Palace Road,

Hammersmith, London W6 8JB

www.4thestate.co.uk

Alan Garner asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Source ISBN: 9780007463244

Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN: 9780007463268

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