id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 19029 Norton, Andre The Gifts of Asti .txt text/plain 6157 431 90 walls of Memphir were young, Asti had lived among men below. And, as she drew her hand away from the grasp of Asti, the tiny sun and the chest in which men born in the youth of Memphir had laid them, Varta the way down was long and she caught a message of weariness from Lur They tumbled down together, Varta's head pillowed on Lur's smooth side, "There is water near--," Lur's thought answered the girl's desire. Varta's breath hissed between her teeth and Lur's head snapped around as "It may be seven years old," corrected Lur. Varta's hand went up, rested for a long moment under the sun and then Varta raised her hand, sending the sun spinning up and Lur's Varta and Lur drew back. Then, as he sighted Varta and Lur, his eyes went wide. Varta turned to Lur for help. ./cache/19029.txt ./txt/19029.txt