The Erl-King-2

作品:The Bloody chamber And Other Stories 作者:安吉拉·卡特 字数: 下载本书  举报本章节错误/更新太慢

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    Sometimes t random, all singing, strike a chord.

    irely; . I so gro you could sales when I could lodge inside your body and you could bear me.

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    Noer from t season heir cry.

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    Eyes green as apples. Green as dead sea fruit.

    A  makes a singular, wild, low, rushing sound.

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    I sake tly, so  ly, le as rain, I rangle hem.

    t to young girls, every one, eac of e on ts. S mane o skin ts; sring trings of ash-brown hair.

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