Dom. Aught like mine?

Lur. In my own East ... if you would stoop and help

My barbarous illustration! It sounds ill;

Yet there's no wrong at bottom: rather, praise.

Dom. Well?

Lur. We have creatures there, which if you saw

The first time, you would doubtless marvel at

For their surpassing beauty, craft and strength.

And though it were a lively moment's shock

When you first found the purpose of forked tongues