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The Castle

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"Sometimes it was a tall black smudge on the moors to the northwest, sometimes it reared above the rocks to the east, and sometimes it came right downhill to sit in the heather only just beyond the last farm to the north. You could see it actually moving sometimes, with smoke pouring out from the turrets in dirty gray gusts. For a while everyone was certain it would come down into the valley before long, and the Mayor talked of sending to the King for help."

-Dianna Wynne Jones from "Howl's Moving Castle"

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This actually reminds me of that scene in 'House of Many Ways':

'Five minutess later, they were all gathered on the front steps of the Mansion to watch Sophie and Howl hauling the struggling, crying Morgan through the door of the castle. As the doors shut on Morgan's yells of 'Dinkle, Dinkle, Dinkle!' Charmain bent and murmured to Waif in her arms, 'You did protect the country, didn't you? And I never even noticed!'
By this time half the people in High Norland were gathered in Royal Square to stare at the castle. They all watched in disbeleif as the castle rose slightly into the air and glided towards the road that led southward. It was hardly more than an alley really. 'It'll never fit!' people said. But the castle somehow squeezed itself narrow enough to drift away along it and out of sight.
The citizens of High Norland gave a cheer as it went.'

Excellent picture anyway.