Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village-the modern wolves were the offspring of ancestors that had survived because they had learned that human meat had sharp edges.

Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.")

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.

Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.

Some people are heroes. And some people jot down notes.

Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.

Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.