Well-meanin' man. Did it all for the best. Stalky curled gracefully round the stair-rail. "Head in a drain-pipe. Full confession in the left boot."

Stalky$$$' in their school vocabulary$$$ meant clever$$$ well-considered and wily$$$ as applied to plans of action; and 'stalkiness' was the one virtue Corkran toiled after.

Ye've a furtive look in your eye - a furtive$$$ sneakin'$$$ poachin' look in your eye$$$ that 'ud ruin the reputation of an archangel!

Only the keeper sees that$$$<br>where the ring-dove broods<br>and the badgers roll at ease$$$<br>there was once a road through the woods.

But why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle?

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;<br>If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;<br>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br>And treat those two impostors just the same.

What is this$$$ said the leopard$$$ "that is so 'sclusively dark$$$ and yet so full of little pieces of light?"

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved$$$ when the tame animals were wild.

It is not a good fancy$$$' said the llama. 'What profit to kill men?'<br>'Very little - as I know; but if evil men were not now and then slain it would not be a good world for weaponless dreamers.

These are the four that are never content:<br>that have never been filled since the dew began<br>-Jacala's mouth$$$ and the glut of the kite$$$<br>and the hands of the ape$$$ and the eyes of Man.