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"and there on the small screen was the burnt
house, and the crowd and something with a sheet
over it and out of the sky, fluttering, came the
helicopter like a grotesque flower."

what does the author mean in this sentence about comparing the helicopter to a grotesque flower

moon-letters were a method of writing invented by the dwarves. moon-letters were ordinary runes, but written in such a way that they could only be read when the light of the moon shone behind the writing. some moon-letters could be read by any moonlight, but it was possible to make the writing even more secret. more sophisticated moon-letters could only be read by the light of the same shape of moon, or at the same time of year, as when they were written. hope this !

the part where he says my friends