the Grim Reaper - Terry Pratchet Original title: REAPER MAN
He took off his hat, what that the magician would not normally do unless you want to pull something out and handed to the Treasurer. Then he tore a strip hem of her dress and took it with a flourish between her hands and tied it around his forehead.
"It's part of the ethos," he said in answer to their silent question unequivocally. "Warriors do Counterweight Continent before going into battle. ... And you cry c ERCO to remember a reading of the past" ... erm, bonsai. Yes Bonsai! " " I thought he meant to cut a piece of a small tree and do it again, "said the sum.
The Dean hesitated. Even he was not very safe. But a good magician never allows al'incertezza to get in his way.
"No, it's definitely 'bonsai'" he said.