Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Cao Yong Catalina

Cao Yong CatalinaUnknown Artist Lazlo Emmerich KenyaDiego Rivera Night of the Rich
gone to bed,' he said, 'with a hot milk drink.'
'Milk?' said one of the wizards, with tired horror in his voice.
'He's too young for alcohol', explained the bursar.
'Oh, yes. 'I wonder if we really have, um, a problem here,' he said.
Gravie Derment of the Sages of the Unknown Shadow hit the table with his fist.
'Good grief, man!' he snapped. 'Some child wanders in out of the night, beats two of the University's finest, sits down in the Archchancellor's chair and you wonder if we have Silly of me.'The hollow-eyed wizard opposite said: 'Did you see what he did to the door?''I know what he did to Billias!''What did he do?''I don't want to know!''Brothers, brothers,' said Spelter soothingly. He looked down at their worried faces and thought: too many dinners. Too many afternoons waiting for the servants to bring in the tea. Too much time spent in stuffy rooms reading old books written by dead men. Too much gold brocade and ridiculous ceremony. Too much fat. The whole University is ripe for one good push ...Or one good pull ...

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