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 There were others that sprang from the substance of other vegetables; others that derived their sustenance from the bodies of living animals; and then, again, there were others that glowed all over with intense fire; others that moved from place to place at pleasure; and what is still more wonderful, we discovered flowers that lived and breathed and moved their limbs at will, and had, moreover, the detestable passion of mankind for enslaving other creatures, and confining them in horrid and solitary prisons until the fulfilment of appointed tasks.'"

"Pshaw!" said the king.