![]() ![]() 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. Then the bull squealed again, and he ran. It was hard to control them and keep them running straight. They had picked up the scent of this strange quarry, and they threw their heads up and crabbed in the traces. He was unperturbed, and concerned only with the trophy of the chase, but the horses were nervous and skittish. Our plan was to come in and split on each side of the bull, firing our arrows into him as we passed, then wheeling around and coming back in classic chariot tactics. For a moment I lost control of the team, and we swerved away.īehind us the rest of our column was strung out in single file. The horses shied wildly, so that I was thrown against the dashboard with a force that bruised my ribs. He threw up his trunk and loosed a blast of sound that stunned and deafened us. It was as though the bull heard and understood the challenge. 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. There were broken chariots scattered across the field, for Kratas out on the left had fared no better than we had. I pulled up my horses at the edge of the grove, and we stared back aghast at the carnage of our shattered squadron. ![]() 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. ![]()
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