He was sitting by the fire, staring at a small black pebble in his palm.

Culain looked down at the black pebble in his hand and tossed it to the ground.

The flat black pebbles of her eyes still held contempt, though.

Five black pebbles lay among two hundred and fifty-four white.

As it is, there remains one black pebble between the bull's horns.

In the center of its palm, Vaughn saw, was what looked like a black pebble.

A double handful of black pebbles fell from its folds.

Tomorrow I will find the black pebbles and send you forth.

Even as I looked, one or two of these black pebbles suddenly turned white.

Eager hands reached for each boat and, with happy shouts, pulled it up on the black pebbles.