Elwood, Roger (ed) - Ten Tomorrows / Элвуд, Роджер (ред) - Десять завтра [1973, EPUB, ENG]

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THE RESCUED GIRLS OF REFUGEE

by Anne McCaffrey

The girls of Refugee are timid and obedient. The one leads to the other, and the other leads to the one. The old ones set them on this path in infancy and take good care to keep them there. This they have done ever since the Refugee World began. The girl Bannay had been a slow time coming to the cave of the wisest Wise Woman, and once she was there, she knelt silent for many minutes. Finally she said, “I am troubled.” “You, too, my child? In what way?” “By a dream.” “Another dream?” . . .