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  • The chances of obtaining a "larl" with one throw of one die is one in six, of obtaining "larls" with two dice, one in thirty-six, of obtaining "larls" with three dice, one in two hundred and sixteen, and so on.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • Did she in her heart fear the larl might one day say,

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • I myself would have had great difficulty locating him in Brundisium, but I, on the other hand, could not follow him softly, swiftly, silently, through numerous passages, with the tenacity of a sleen, with the menace of a larl, intent upon his tracks.

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • "It could be a panther come from the woods, or a strayed larl, " said one of the men.

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • How the little animals would scurry if the larl emerged from its cage!

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  • The larl had wanted to die, she'd swear it, and now the beasts came forward daintily, almost ritualistically, to taste the brains, the young first and then the old.

    Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

  • The sun set and in the darkening light she lost sight of the larl.

    Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

  • Sometimes the men came in from the hunt, a larl or two pacing ahead content and sleepy-eyed, to lean bloody spears against the walls, and it might be that we lived on Old Earth itself then.

    Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

  • The larl presented his blunt muzzle to me in what might have been meant as a friendly smile.

    Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

  • The larl stroked my cheek with his great, smooth paw, the ivory claws hooded but quivering slightly, as if about to awake.

    Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

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