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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

– Oh, is it turning into someone?! – Stella squealed. – Look, look!

Indeed, the sight was well worth looking at, because the "bird" suddenly started
"morphing", transforming into either a beast with human eyes or a human with an
animal body.
– What is it? – My little friend’s brown eyes goggled. – What is happening with it?

The "bird" slipped out of its wings, and a very unusual creature stood before us.
It looked like half bird, half human, with a large bill, three-cornered human face and
very flexible body, like a cheetah’s, with predatory, wild motions. It was very beautiful
and, at the same time, very frightful.
– This is Miard. – Vaya introduced the creature. – If you wish, he will show you
"animals", as you call them.
The creature called Miard began to acquire his fairy-tale wings again. He invited
us to follow him waving with them.

– Why has it to be exactly him? Are you very busy, star Vaya?
Stella had a very unhappy face, because she was obviously afraid of this strange
"beautiful monster", but she did not have the nerve to confess. I think she’d rather go
with him than confess that she was terribly fearful. It is highly likely that Vaya read
Stella’s thoughts, because she hurried to calm her down:

– He is very affectionate and kind, you will like him. You wanted to see the living
things, and he knows this better than all others.
Miard slowly came to Stella, as if perfectly realizing that she was afraid of him.
But I felt no fear this time for some reason; rather to the contrary – he awoke my keen
interest in him. He walked right up to Stella, who was almost squeaking inwardly from
horror, and carefully touched her cheek with his soft, fluffy wing. The violet fog began
to swirl over Stella’s red-haired head.
– Wow! Look! I have the same thing as Vaya has! – The girl exclaimed
enthusiastically. – But how did it happen? O-o-o, it is beautiful! The latter referred to
the new place which suddenly opened before our eyes, we saw absolutely unbelievable
animals. We stood on the hilly bank of the wide, mirror-like river, the water of which
was strangely still. It seemed as if one could walk on it – it did not move. The sparkling
fog like delicate transparent smoke curled above the surface of the river.

At last I understood that this "fog" which we saw everywhere somehow
strengthened any action of the creatures which lived there: it made their vision
brighter, served as a reliable means of teleportation and helped them in everything,
whatever they did. I think that it was used for something much greater too which we
could not understand yet.
The river meandered like a beautiful wide "snake" and, flowing easily receded
into the distance, disappearing between succulent-green hills. Both its banks were
covered with amazing beasts which walked, lay and flew. It was so beautiful that we
stood absolutely still, staggered by the striking scene. The animals looked very much
like extraordinary kingly dragons, very bright and proud, as if they knew that they were
beautiful. Their long bent necks sparkled with orange gold, and crowns with scalloped
edges reddened on their heads. These majestic animals moved slowly and regally; their

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