The way he sung it made my blood run col. I cud see like in a dream a figger running running in a kynd of dream space. I said, “Thats
He said, “O yes its a game right a nuff if you like to call it that only it aint too much fun for the Ardship what gets his head took off at the end of it.”
I said, “Whats it all about why do they do it?”
He said, “Its about what its all ways ben about and they do it for the knowing whats in us.”
I said, “What knowing? In who?”
He said, “Dont you know about the Eusa folk?”
I said, “Who myt they be?”
He said, “O dear o dear o dear you dont know nothing do you.” Then he begun to tel me. This what Im writing down here it wernt said all in 1 peace like its wrote. Wewd talk a littl and lissen. Talk and lissen. And all ways with 1 eye on the black leader and his nexters for any lerting any blips of foller which there wernt none. It stayd qwyet all day wylst we waitit there in Bernt Arse outers for it to get dark.
He said, “Time back way back who ben the Puter Leat who ben the Power Leat in Cambry? Eusa folk is who it ben. Us the same and us to blame. Who run the Power Ring who ben too close to Power who gone Badstock crookit and seed of the crookit? Us the same the Eusa folk. Who ben bernt out after Bad Time all the clevver is bernt out with all the clevverness? Us the same. Who ben the 1st Ardship of Cambry? Eusa. Which the hardship be come the Ardship you see. They kilt Eusa but they dint kil all the Eusa folk they dint bern them all out did they. No they savit out some to keap in memberment that clevverness what made us crookit. Savit a breeding stock in Cambry so therewd all ways be some of us o yes theres all ways ben Eusa folk and wil be. And the knowing whats in them the Ardship wil know. Roun the circel of the dead towns to the senter which is Cambry. Becaws weve kep the memberment you see. Kep the memberment of what we done time back way back the knowing of its in us. Dint you never hear of Eusa?”
I said, “Coarse Ive heard of Eusa every bodys heard of him.”
He said, “Then you know he wer crookit.”
I said, “You bes tel me about Eusa as wel I parbly never heard the woal of it.”
He said:
I said, “Did Eusa go crookit from what he done?”
He said, “Eusa gone crookit from Bad Time. He made his self that way with the clevverness he done and brung the same on others. Crookit he wer and playg soars on him he wer running from the bernings. The Ram wernt sepert from the res of Inland then it wernt a nylan. Eusa stood at the gate and the dogs licking his soars. Them on the gate they wer afeart they said, ‘If you want in why dont you say Trubba not?’ Eusa said, ‘I cant say that.’”
“Them at the Ram they said, ‘You bes tel us your clevverness so we can make the 1 Big 1 agen befor some 1 else does. We bes be the strong is its the safes thing.’ Eusa wunt do it he said, ‘I know all about strong 1s I ben with the las lot it dint help them nothing all ther strongness. You bes stay how ever you are dont look for no exter strongness. Bes thing you can do is take me in and keap me til my times out. Show me for a lessing and a lerning Iwl tel every 1 my story so theywl know that road I took wrong and what harm I done.’”
“Them at the Ram they wunt lissen to Eusa. They kep asking for the clevverness and how to make the 1 Big 1. When he wunt tel them they beat him to death with col iron then they took his head they put it on a poal for telling. Eusas head tol them, ‘You had a chance to do a right thing but you done a wrong thing. Youve took my head youve took it on your self itwl be with you from now on.’ Thats all his head tol it wunt say no moren that.”
“No soonerd that head stop talking nor there come a jynt wave it wer like a wall of water hyer nor a mountin. Dint it come tho. It come rushing it come roaring it come roaling down it cut acrost the lan right thru from Reakys Over down to Roaming Rune. It cut the Ram off sepert from the res of Inland that wer the day the Ram be come a nylan.”
