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treetI saw far away over the
trees in the clearness of the sunset the hood of the Martian giant from which
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this howling proceeded. I was not terrified. I came upon him as if it were a
matter of course. I watched him for some timebut he did not move. He
appeared to be standing and yellingfor no reason that I could discover.
I tried to formulate a plan of action. That perpetual sound of “Ullaulla
ullaulla” confused my mind. Perhaps I was too tired to be very fearful.
Certainly I was more curious to know the reason of this monotonous crying
than afraid. I turned back away from the park and struck into Park Road
intending to skirt the parkwent along under the shelter of the terracesand
got a view of this stationaryhowling Martian from the direction of St.
John’s Wood. A couple of hundred yards out of Baker Street I heard a
yelping chorusand sawfirst a dog with a piece of putrescent red meat in his
jaws coming headlong towards meand then a pack of starving mongrels in
pursuit of him. He made a wide curve to av [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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