![]() ![]() In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, ‘Oh. People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. (GG)Īll dwarfs are by nature dutiful, serious, literate, obedient and thoughtful people whose only minor failing is a tendency, after one drink, to rush at enemies screaming ‘Arrrrrrgh!’ and axing their legs off at the knee. Start messing around with descriptions like that and you’re in big trouble, is their motto. ![]() ![]() Dwarfs have no use for metaphor and simile. When you spend a large part of your life underground, you develop a very literal mind. It’s a terrible thing to be nearly sixteen and the wrong species. It was the way he could roll his upper lip back to reveal more incredibly yellow teeth than any other mouth the University Council had ever seen before that somehow made sure the matter was never really raised. had been allowed to keep his job, which he was rather good at, although ‘allowed’ is not really the right word. ![]()
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