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The Luggage said nothing, but louder this time.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2))
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The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the whole universe to be called -- in the local language -- Your Finger You Fool, which was the literal meaning of the word Skund.
The reason for this is regrettably all too common. When the first explorers from the warm lands around the Circle Sea travelled into the chilly hinterland they filled in the blank spaces on their maps by grabbing the nearest native, pointing at some distant landmark, speaking very clearly in a loud voice, and writing down whatever the bemused man told them. Thus were immortalised in generations of atlases such geographical oddities as Just A Mountain, I Don't Know, What? and, of course, Your Finger You Fool.
Rainclouds clustered around the bald heights of Mt. Oolskunrahod ('Who is this Fool who does Not Know what a Mountain is') and the Luggage settled itself more comfortably under a dripping tree, which tried unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2))
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Of course, like all the informal inhabitants of the University the roaches were a little unusual, but there was something particularly unpleasant about the sound of billions of very small feet hitting the stones in perfect time.
Rincewind stepped gingerly over the marching column. The Librarian jumped it.
The Luggage, of course, followed them with a noise like someone tapdancing over a bag of crisps.
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Terry Pratchett (Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind, #3))
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I often don't know where my Luggage is, that's what being a tourist is all about.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2))
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The Tezumen were happy. When no amount of worshipping caused the Luggage to come back and trample their enemies they poisoned all their priests and tried enlightened atheism instead, which still meant they could kill as many people as they liked but didn’t have to get up so early to do it.
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Terry Pratchett (Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4))
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The Luggage’s expression could only be described as wooden.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2))
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What is it?” hissed Conina. “It’s just the Luggage,” said Rincewind wearily. “Does it belong to you?” “Not really. Sort of.” “Is it dangerous?” The Luggage shuffled around to stare at her again. “There’s two schools of thought about that,” said Rincewind. “There’s some people who say it’s dangerous, and others who say it’s very dangerous. What do you think?” The Luggage raised its lid a fraction.
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Terry Pratchett (Sourcery (Discworld, #5))
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The Luggage was also extremely protective of its owner. It would be hard to describe its attitude to the rest of creation, but one could start with the phrase “bloody-minded malevolence” and work up from there. Conina
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Terry Pratchett (Sourcery (Discworld, #5))
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They set off. After a few seconds the Luggage got carefully to its feet and started to follow. “Psst!” It turned carefully, little legs moving in a complicated pattern, and appeared to look up. “Is it good, being joinery?” said the tree, anxiously. “Did it hurt?” The Luggage seemed to think about this. Every brass handle, every knothole, radiated extreme concentration. Then it shrugged its lid and waddled away. The tree sighed, and shook a few dead leaves out of its twigs.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2))
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A hundred yards behind them, hopping rather awkwardly through the soft snow, came the Luggage. No one ever asked its opinion about anything.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2))
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I often don't know where my Luggage is, that's what being a tourist is all about," said Twoflower.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2))
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What I don’t undershtand,” said Cohen, who was having his back massaged, “ish how they captured you without ush hearing it. We wouldn’t have known at all if your Luggage hadn’t kept jumping up and down.” “And whining,” said Bethan. They all looked at her. “Well, it looked as if it was whining,” she said. “I think it’s rather sweet, really.” Four pairs of eyes turned toward the Luggage, which was squatting on the other side of the fire. It got up, and very pointedly moved back into the shadows. “Eashy to feed,” said Cohen. “Hard to lose,” agreed Rincewind. “Loyal,” suggested Twoflower. “Roomy,” said Cohen. “But I wouldn’t say sweet,” said Rincewind. “I shuppose you wouldn’t want to shell it?” said Cohen. Twoflower shook his head. “I don’t think it would understand,” he said. “No, I shupposhe not,” said Cohen.
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Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2))