and the widowed land, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silent. Suddenly a boy's shrill voice rose into the sky. He traversed the dark unseen, leaving the track of his song across the hush of the evening. His
vampire吸血鬼 a corpse supposed, in European folklore, to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living by biting their necks with long pointed canine teeth; a small bat that feeds on the blood of mammals ...
The wind became a tempest, the woods roared and creaked all round him. There came a crash. A tree fell right across the road just behind him. “Quiet, Destrier, quiet!” said Caspian, patting his horse’s neck; but he was trembling himself and knew that he had escaped death by an ...
F.W. Murnau’s shameless rip-off of Bram Stoker’s Dracula does away with the sensuality that many associate with the undead monster, revealing the vampire to be a sad and rat-like creature, tormented by isolation and completely wrong for the modern world. Murnau seems to have a queasy ...
The new creature intruded.When I tried to put it out it shed water out of the holes it looks with, and wiped it away with the back of its paws, and made a noise such as some of the other animals make when they are in distress.I wish it would not talk;it is always talking.That...
"Exactly. Of course I have other reasons for thinking so—dozens of exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking. I only mention the Greuze because it brings the matter within the range of your own observation." "...
Apply Electro on Tri-Lakshana Creature to reveal certain hidden things. Yes Exploration 3.0 5 The Jasmines Whisper, the Pomegranates Are Glad Complete "Agnihotra Sutra." Complete The Final Chapter. Yes Quest 3.0 10 Swift as the Wind Activate three wind currents in Mawtiyima Forest. Yes...
As it passed across the face of the moon the light shone clearly through the membranous wings, and it looked like a flying skeleton against the white, tropical radiance. I crouched low among the bushes, for I knew from past experience that with a single cry the creature could brin...
layers of meaning. Our protagonist Jess is deeply flawed and unsure of herself, still feeling raw from the pain of losing her estranged father whom she’s never forgiven for abandoning her. The story’s themes hit hard when you realize the monster chasing her is more than a creature of ...
偶然看到的译文;英文译者为F. C. Conybeare,中文译者不详; 在发到知乎前我对格式(排版)进行了调整,都花了很久... 很难想象当时英译中的译者所付出的时间和精力。 所罗门的遗嘱,The Testament of Solomon 1.…