title: The Folklore of Discworld
author:  Terry Pratchett 
description: One of the most interesting and critically underrated novelists we have  <b>The Folklore of Discworld</b>  co-authored with the eminent folklorist Jacqueline Simpson  emphasizes his irreverence and drollery.<br /> <i>The Times</i><br /><br />Pratchett is, like Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, not just a great writer but also an original thinker  funny, exciting, lighthearted and, like all the best comedy, very serious.<br /> <i>Guardian</i>
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  # Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## by Pratchett, Terry
  
  
  Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  Discworld 16 - Soul Music
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Soul Music
  
  
  by
  
  
  Terry Pratchett
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The History
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a story about memory. And this much can be remembered . . .
  
  
  . . . that the Death of the Discworld, for reasons of his own, once rescued a
  baby girl and took
  
  
  her to his home between the dimensions. He let her grow to become sixteen
  because he
  
  
  believed that older children were easier to deal with than younger children,
  and this shows
  
  
  that you can be an immortal anthropomorphic personification and still get
  things, as it were,
  
  
  dead wrong . . .
  
  
  . . . that he later hired an apprentice called Mortimer, or Mort for short.
  Between Mort