For the House of Illustration Folio Society competition.
"From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a full-sized adult."
"Round and round they went with their snakes, snakily, with a soft undulating movement at the knees and hips."
"very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west;"
