The dictionary definitions are stored locally, and because it's ad-free there's no need for a network connection. Dictionary is ideal for both native English speakers and English learners or people studying the English language. BLACK BOX MEME GENERATOR OFFLINELet Kratas have the other, it's good enough for him.Dictionary is a free offline English dictionary containing over 200,000 words and definitions and no ads. "You heard the royal command," Tanus laughed. "We should take him first." The pup was every bit as keen as his sire. His archer from the footplate behind him fired an arrow into the bull's cheek a hand's-span below the eye, and that pulled his attention from us. Hui came in from the side, lashing his horses and yelling like a demon. Hui in the second chariot of our line saved us, for we were defenceless against the old bull's fury. As yet we knew nothing of the unbelievable strength of these creatures, and I called back to Tanus, "There must have been a great storm through this forest to wreak such destruction." It did not even occur to me then that the elephant herds were responsible they seemed so mild and defenceless. As we drove forward, we were forced to swerve around the branches that had been torn from the trees, and to dodge the trunks of giant acacia that had been uprooted. We ran on, still in column, through the acacia grove towards those two great bulls. I gave the signal to the chariots that followed us, and we veered away from the breeding herd of cows and calves. How could these obese animals behave differently? Even the lion runs from the hunter until he is wounded or cornered. No other game we had ever hunted had stood to receive our first charge. We both expected the huge animal to run from us as soon as he realized that we menaced him. "Hi up" I called to Patience and Blade, and they opened up into a gallop. Then the bull squealed again, and he ran. Then the next chariot in line tore in, distracting the bull from his victim. Kratas wheeled away on our left with twenty-five chariots following him in line astern, while we ran on straight at the huge grey beast that confronted us with the yellow shafts of ivory, thick as the columns of the temple of Horus, standing out from his vast grey head. So I raised my fist and gave the hand-command that split the column into two files. He pulled the shaft from his own flesh and threw it aside and came on after us, reaching out towards us with the blood-smeared trunk. He merely reached up with his trunk and - gripped the shaft of the arrow with the tip, as a man might do with his hand. This would be an easy kill, and I sensed Tanus" disappointment at the prospect of such poor sport. Perhaps these animals were every bit as dull-witted as they looked. We were right on the bull now, but still he stood his ground. They rampaged through the grove, smashing up the capsized chariots, stamping the carcasses of the horses under those massive padded feet, throwing the bodies of screaming men high in the air and trampling them as they fell back to earth. However, the wounds had not weakened them, but seemed only to have aggravated their fury. The two great bull elephants bristled with arrow-shafts, and the blood streamed down their bodies, leaving wet streaks on their dusty grey hide. "That one on the right is the biggest," squeaked Memnon. It spun in the air spraying a bright feather of pink blood from the severed neck. The elephant placed one forefoot on the body of the fallen charioteer and, with its trunk, plucked off his head and tossed it aloft like a child's ball. The chariot rolled over and the men were hurled from it. The maimed horse went down and dragged its teammate down with it. He struck the near-side horse across the back, just behind the withers, and broke its spine so cleanly that I heard the vertebrae shatter like a brittle potsherd.
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