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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: The aliens had changed their world in many ways. They had given them so much and taken so little in return. Yet sometimes, the "little" was more than they could afford to lose.

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Fables, 2000
Fictionwise Release Date: December 2002

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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [35 KB], eReader (PDB) [18 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [4 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [5 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [58 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [74 KB], hiebook (KML) [41 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [31 KB], iSilo (PDB) [4 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [5 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [33 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [10 KB]
Words: 1319
Reading time: 3-5 min.
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When I was a young man, many years ago, a natural moon still inhabited our night sky. We were not all One then and there was no Control. We lived as nomadic tribes, often at war with one another. Life remained a constant struggle. After a hard day afoot, we would have to hunt in the dark for wood to build a fire. We would sit around the flames waiting for sleep. There was no Egg to fill our evenings and the hours passed slowly.

Yet occasionally one of the Novitiates, who were still among us in those days, would become part of our evening circle. Whether they were musicians or dancers or storytellers, I must admit they were welcome. Before the Egg they had their place and they served us well.