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sloth
1. The natives of the world ahead of them live lives of ease and sloth, constantly intoxicated, constantly indulging in indiscriminate intercourse with strangers
2. while the other complains that sloth is a sin,
3. an hour or two in the sloth of heavy skies
4. He wished there was a passage that was clear and literal enough for her, he could cite her a few about sloth and degeneracy, but she wouldn’t know them anyway and probably wouldn’t care if she did
5. On the River Orinoco, this country of wetlands, cloud forests and the world’s highest waterfal s (Angel Fal s) is rich with wildlife: river dolphin, anaconda, armadil o, jaguar, porcupine, red howler monkey, tapir, anteater, sloth, manatee, coastal crocodile, giant river otter, anteater, giant river otter and spectacled bear
6. In the political body, however, the wisdom of nature has fortunately made ample provision for remedying many of the bad effects of the folly and injustice of man ; it the same manner as it has done in the natural body, for remedying those of his sloth and intemperance
7. One outlook is conducive to incentives, the other to sloth
8. between sloth and snail, it was about two hours before Derek
9. It is a terrible waste that some humans spend their lives in hate or sloth or cruelty, instead of being productive and doing good things
10. The Third Gathandrian Legend: Prudence and Sloth
11. For prudence and sloth together does not make for richness of life
12. Meanwhile, Sloth wakes
13. He stretches, yawns and rubs his eyes to clear them of the dreams of night, because Sloth always dreams, although Prudence does not
14. Sloth has never seen a wolf before, but the word reverberates in his thoughts as if the animal has itself spoken the name out loud
15. Before Sloth can answer the wolf, the animal captures his arm with its teeth
16. Sloth answers in the only way he knows
17. A pause follows, during which Sloth understands he is expected to speak, but can think of nothing to say
18. The wolf takes several paces back, as if to allow Sloth time to recover his lost equilibrium
19. Sloth thinks for a while, remembering what his beloved sister, Prudence, has taught him, answers with her in mind
20. ” Still, in spite of his words, Sloth finds that the wolf’s questions are eating at the certainties he has carried for so long in his heart
21. Sloth does not know
22. Sloth shakes his head, grips the blanket more firmly around his body
23. The eyes are still fixed on Sloth, as if they will never leave him
24. At such words, the darkness of them licking at the colours in his mind, Sloth stumbles to his feet and the blanket falls to the floor
25. Sloth feels the heat of a wild tongue on his flesh
26. “Will it not be angry?” Sloth asks
27. Before Sloth can think about preparing himself for whatever might come next, the animal rears up on its hind legs and presses its grey front paws down on his shoulders
28. Sloth wipes his hand over his face, feels the chill on his skin once more in spite of the warmth
29. As if Sloth has spoken words that burn the animal’s paws, the wolf dances round him until they are eye to eye again
30. The wolf leaves Sloth and lopes over towards the tree that is forbidden
31. Sloth tastes the bile in his throat, thinks to warn the creature that what he is doing is madness but does not have the strength to speak
32. Indeed, the green and golden fire of the wolf’s eyes has already softened to a sandy glow and Sloth sees a shimmering light resting around its head
33. The animal opens its jaws wider and breathes on Sloth
34. Before Sloth can object, the wolf rears up on its hind legs once more and the two of them are flung into another breathless journey through the air
35. When he is next able to recognise his surroundings, Sloth knows he is back in his bed-area, the wolf at his side
36. She steps back, pulling Sloth with her
37. Gently, Sloth releases himself from Prudence’s protective grip and hunkers down, stretching his arms towards the animal
38. Sloth tells her the tale, what he has seen and what he has done
39. Sloth wonders if it will speak again but it does not
40. Sloth doesn’t know what to say to this, but it does not matter as, at last, his strange companion speaks
41. Sloth finds that the wolf’s muzzle nudges his hand and he is stretching out his fingers towards his sister
42. In his head, Sloth hears the wolf’s voice
43. Sloth shakes his head
44. Hands over his ears, Sloth falls across her, the instinct to protect pushing her as far away from the wolf’s wild calling as he can
45. Sloth cries out, hears his sister’s sobs, knows the wolf’s meaning in his mind—you have turned away from the Spirit who would protect you and now you are lost
46. With that, she takes the cypress leaves remaining in the hand as yet untorn by the wolf, gazes at Sloth with such a look of love and acceptance that it splits him open and then plunges her fingers and the leaves into the animal’s mouth
47. Sloth cries out as sharp teeth cut through his sister’s flesh
48. Paying the animal no attention, Sloth turns to his sister
49. In the corner of his bed-area, Sloth can see a glitter of moving lights hovering about the wolf’s body
50. The voice Sloth hears at the very centre of his thoughts is unlike his own, his sister’s or the wolf’s