Piet Mondrian Composition 2Steve Thoms PoppiesEdvard Munch Puberty 1894
giant's head turned towards him.
'Vot you want?' it said. 'Go avay, hot person.'
'Sorry, but is this really necessary?'
The giant 'Ve vant to,' said the giant. 'The gods are gone, ve throw off shackles of outmoded superstition.'
'Freezing the whole world solid doesn't sound very progressive to me,' said Nijel.
'Ve like it.'
'Yes, yes,' said Nijel, in the maniacally glazed tones of one who is trying to see all sides of the issue and is certain that a solution will be found if people of goodwill will only sit around a table looked at him in frozen astonishment. It turned around slowly and regarded the rest of the herd, which seemed to stretch all the way to the Hub. It looked at Nijel again.'Yarss,' it said, 'I tink so. Otherwise, why ve do it?''Only there's a lot of people out there who would prefer you not to, you see', said Nijel, desperately. A rock spire loomed briefly ahead of the glacier, rocked for a second and then vanished.He added, Also children and small furry animals.''They vill suffer in the cause of progress. Now is the time ve reclaim the world,' rumbled the giant. 'Whole vorld of ice. According to inevitability of history and triumph of thermodynamics.''Yes, but you don't have to,' said Nijel.
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