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 The universe�察�they said�察�depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm�察�persuasion�察�uncertainty and bloody´mindedness。
 Thus it was that the sun and moon orbited the disc because they were persuaded not to fall down�察�but didn't actually fly away because of uncertainty。 Charm allowed trees to grow and bloody´mindedness kept them up�察�and so on。
 Some druids suggested that there were certain flaws in this theory�察�but senior druids explained very pointedly that there was indeed room for informed argument�察�the cut and thrust of exciting scientific debate�察�and basically it lay on top of the next solstice bonfire。
 

 'Ah�察�so you're an astronomer��' said Twoflower。
 'Oh no��' said Belafon�察�as the rock drifted gently around the curve of a mountain�察�I'm a puter hardware consultant。'
 'What's a puter hardware��'
 'Well�察�this is��' said the druid�察�tapping the rock with a sandalled foot。'Part of one�察�anyway。 It's a replacement。 I'm delivering it。 They're having trouble with the big circles up on the Vortex Plains。 So they say�察�anyway�察�I wished I had a bronze tore for every user who didn't read the manual。' He shrugged。
 'What use is it�察�then�察�exactly��' asked Rincewind。 Anything to keep his mind off the drop below。
 'You can use it to ´ to tell you what time of year it is��' said Belafon。
 'Ah。 You mean if it's covered in snow then it must be winter��'
 'Yes。 I mean no。 I mean�察�supposing you wanted to know when a particular star is going to rise ´'
 'Why��' said Twoflower�察�radiating polite interest。
 'Well�察�maybe you want to know when to plant your crops��' said Belafon�察�sweating a little�察�'or maybe´'
 'I'll lend you my almanac�察�if you like��' said Twoflower。
 'Almanac��'
 'It's a book that tells you what day it is��' said Rincewind wearily。 'It'd be right up your leyline。'
 Belafon stiffened。 'Book��' he said。 'Like�察�with paper��'
 'Yes。'
 That doesn't sound very reliable to me��' said the druid nastily。 'How can a book know what day it is�拭�Paper can't count。'
 He stamped off to the front of the rock�察�causing it to wallow alarmingly。 Rincewind swallowed hard and beckoned Twoflower closer。
 'Have you ever heard of culture shock��' he hissed。
 'What's that��'
 'It's what happens when people spend five hundred years trying to get a stone circle to work properly and then someone es up with a little book with a page for every day and little chatty bits saying things like ;Now is a good time to plant broad beans; and ;Early to rise�察�early to bed�察�makes a man healthy�察�wealthy and dead�察─�and do you know what the most important thing to remember about culture shock。' Rincewind paused for breath�察�and moved his lips silently trying to remember where the sentence had got to�察�'is��' he concluded。
 'What��'
 'Don't give it to a man flying a thousand ton rock。'
 

 'Has it gone��'
 Trymon peered cautiously over the battlements of the Tower of Art�察�the great spire of crumbling masonry that loomed over Unseen University。 The cluster of students nd instructors of magic�察�far below�察�nodded。
 'Are you sure��'
 The bursar cupped his hands and shouted。
 'It broke down the hubward door and escaped an hour ago�察�sir��' he yelled。
 'Wrong��' said Trymon。 'It left�察�we escaped。 Well�察�I'll be getting down�察�then。 Did it get anyone��'
 The bursar swallowed。 He was not a wizard�察�but a kind�察�good´natured man who should not have had to see the things he had witnessed in the past hour。 Of course�察�it wasn't unknown for small demons�察�coloured lights and various half´materialised imaginings to wander around the campus�察�but there had been something about the implacable onslaught of the Luggage that had unnerved him。 Trying to stop it would have been like trying to wrestle a glacier。
 It ´ it swallowed the Dean of Liberal Studies�察�sir��' he shouted。
 Trymon brightened。 'It's an ill wind��' he murmured。 He started down the long spiral staircase。 After a while he smiled�察�a thin�察�tight smile。 The day was definitely improving。
 There was a lot of organising to do。 And if there was something Trymon really liked�察�it was organising。
 

 The rock swooped across the high plains�察�whipping snow from the drifts a mere few feet below。 Belafon scuttled about urgently�察�smearing a little mistletoe ointment here�察�chalking a rune there�察�while Rincewind cowered in terror and exhaustion and Twoflower worried about his Luggage。
 'Up ahead��' screamed the druid above the noise of the slipstream。 'Behold�察�the great puter of the skies��'
 Rincewind peered between his fingers。 On the distant skyline was an immense construction of grey and black slabs�察�arranged in concentric circles and mystic avenues�察�aunt and forbidding against the snow。 Surely men couldn't have moved those nascent mountains ´ surely a troop of giants had been turned to stone by some 。 。 。
 'It looks like a lot of rocks��' said Twoflower。
 Belafon hesitated in mid´gesture。
 'What��' he said。
 'It's very nice��' added the tourist hurriedly。 He sought for a word。 'Ethnic��' he decided。
 The druid stiffened。 'Nice��' he said。 'A triumph of the silicon chunk�察�a miracle of modern masonic technology ´ nice��'
 'Oh�察�yes��' said Twoflower�察�to whom sarcasm was merely a seven letter word beginning with S。
 'What does ethnic mean��' said the druid。
 'It means terribly impressive��' said Rincewind hurriedly�察�'and we seem to be in danger of landing�察�if you don't mind´'
 Belafon turned around�察�only slightly mollified。 He raised his arms wide and shouted a series of untranslatable words�察�ending with 'nice��' in a hurt whisper。
 The rock slowed�察�drifted sideways in a billow of snow�察�and hovered over the circle。 Down below a druid waved two bunches of mistletoe in plicated patterns�察�and Belafon skilfully brought the massive slab to rest across two giant uprights with the faintest of clicks。
 Rincewind let his breath out in a long sigh。 It hurried off to hide somewhere。
 A ladder banged against the side of the slab and the head of an elderly druid appeared over the edge。 He gave the two passengers a puzzled glance�察�and then looked up at Belafon。
 'About bloody time��' he said。 'Seven weeks to Hogswatchnight and it's gone down on us again。'
 'Hallo�察�Zakriah��' said Belafon。 What happened this time��'
 'It's all totally fouled up。 Today it predicted sunrise three minutes early。 Talk about a klutz�察�boy�察�this is it。'
 Belafon clambered onto the ladder and disappeared from view。 The passengers looked at each other�察�and then tared down into the vast open space between the inner circle of stones。
 'What shall we do now��' said Twoflower。
 'We could go to sleep��' suggested Rincewind。
 Twoflower ignored him�察�and climbed down the ladder。
 Around the circle druids were tapping the megaliths with little hammers and listening intently。 Several of the huge stones were lying on their sides�察�and each was surrounded by another crowd of druids who were examining it carefully and arguing amongst themselves。 Arcane phrases floated up to where Rincewind sat��
 'It can't be software inpatibility ´ the Chant of the Trodden Spiral was designed for concentric rings�察�idiot 。 。 。'
 'I say fire it up again and try a simple moon ceremony 。 。 。'
 '。 。 。 all right�察�all right�察�nothing's wrong with the stones�察�it's just that the universe has gone wrong�察�right�拭 � 。 。'
 Through the mists of his exhausted mind Rincewind remembered the horrible star they'd seen in the sky。 Something had gone wrong with the universe last night。
 How had he e to be back on the Disc��
 He had a feeling that the answers were somewhere inside his head。 And an even more unpleasant feeling began to dawn on him that something else was watching the scene below ´ watching it from behind his eyes。
 The Spell had crept from its lair deep in the untrodden dirtroads of his mind�察�and was sitting bold as brass in his forebrain�察�watching the passing scene and doing the mental equivalent of eating popcorn。
 He tried to push it back ´ and the world vanished 。 。 。
 He was in darkness�察�a warm�察�musty darkness�察�the darkness of the tomb�察�the velvet blackness of the mummy case。 There was a strong smell of old leather and the sourness of ancient paper。 The paper rustled。
 He felt that the darkness was full of unimaginable horrors ´ and the trouble with unimaginable horrors was that they were only to easy to imagine 。 。 。
 'Rincewind��' said a voice。 Rincewind had never heard a lizard speak�察�but if one did it would have a voice like that。
 'Um��' he said。 'Yes��'
 The voice chuckled ´ a strange sound�察�rather papery。
 'You ought to say ;Where am I�拭─�' it said。
 'Would I like it if I knew��' said Rincewind。 He stared hard at the darkness。 Now that he was accustomed to it�察�he could see something。 Something vague�察�hardly bright enough to be anything at all�察�just the merest tracery in the air。 Something strangely familiar。
 'All right��' he said。 'Where am I��'
 'You're dreaming。'
 'Can I wake up now�察�please��'
 'No��' said another voice�察�as old and dry as the first but still slightly different。
 'We have something very important to tell you��' said a third voice�察�if anything more corpse´dry than the others。 Rincewind nodded stupidly。 In the back of his mind the Spell lurked and peered cautiously 
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