So we past the time til it come dark. That black leader he had that pack in good shape there come back 1 of them and bringing him a hynt leg of a goat nor there wernt no wyld goats roun there some form had a hoal unner the fents and 1 goat short that day. Which he offert us nor I wuntve beleavit that hadnt I seen it. Lissener and me we et a littl jus to show meat brothers only we dint fancy it raw nor dursnt make a fire. We made do with some of the roady I had in my pockits which I had some I brung from fents and some I got out of the pockits of that bloak the dogs kilt. I give some of it to the black leader and the 2 nexters.
Going in to my pockits for that roady I brung out the dead han and that hook nose figger. I put that old blackent figger on my right han and it movit qwick and fearce waving its arms and looking all roun sharp. It pickt up a stoan and begun banging on the wall with it. I said, “Wutcha wutcha” then I put him back in my pockit. The dead han 1st I thot about it 1 way then I thot about it the other then I throwit over the wall. I lookit to see if any of the dogs wud eat it. They dint.
Like Ive said it stayd qwyet all day we dint hear nothing nor there wernt no lerting from the dogs. A littl
It come dark early we waitit til it wer solid nite and filfy dark it wer you cudnt hardly see your han on the end of your arm. We slyd out slow and easy we had the woal Bernt Arse pack with us. I had the black leader nexy bumping agenst me now and agen and I wer leading Lissener by the han. Soons we come out of the outers and clear of stumps and stannings he pult his han luce and ternt his self a roun this way and that. Poyntit his self in to the wind and he said, “Cambrys this way innit?”
I said, “Thats it right a nuff.”
He said, “Wel Im on my way then. Thanking you for getting me out of the hoal. Good Luck to you where ever youre going.”
I said to him, “Whatre you on about? Be you out of your mynd or what? You think youre going to Cambry oansome?”
He said, “I can fynd it by insterment. Ive got a knife and spear plus Ive got the dogs to look after me dont you worry over me.”
I said, “Dont you want me to go with you?”
He said, “Back there when you brung me out of the hoal you dint say, ‘Wherewl
I said, “Wel now Im saying, ‘Wherewl
He said, “You know how it is with me I wunt ask you to come. Me I dont have nothing to lose they ben going to put my head on a poal any how. It aint the same for you parbly you can stil go back to your fents and Blobs your nunkel.”
I said, “No odds. If the Ram aint after me all ready for what I all ready done theywl be after me soon a nuff for some thing else. We myswel joynt the effert.” When I said that I thot on Fister Crunchman what he said about connecting with a mans doing and how I had follerme. Yet there hadnt no 1 follert me and here I wer follering the Ardship nor I dint care what kynd of doing it wer.
So off we gone. I pirntowt we bes not go the straites way. Keap off the main tracks where we cud. I wer jus going to say les Eas roun by Monkeys Whoar Town and Norf up a long the Nellys Bum when I had like a mynd flash of colourt lites with clicking and bleaping it wernt like nothing I ever acturely seen nor heard only in dreams. I cud like feal the woal circel of the dead towns in me and see a line of grean lite sweaping roun that circel from the senter.
Lissener said, “What is it?”
I said, “What dyou mean?”
He said, “Im lissening some thing nor I dont know what it is. And youre lissening me.”
I said, “Dont break the circel yet.” The words jus come out of me by ther selfs I bint thinking them at all.
He said, “What dyou lissen else?”
I said, “I dont know its jus a line of grean lite sweaping and there come up blips.” Which Id usit that word times a nuff but never til then did I ever think of putting the word
He said, “Blips where?”
I said, “I dont know.”
He said, “Say
I begun it:
Thats where I stoppit. Fork Stoan be come sharp in my mynd. I said, “Fork Stoan.”
He said, “Why cud you lissen me nor I cudnt lissen my self?”
I said, “May be it aint nothing.”
He said, “No its true foller I can lissen that much. If we go to Fork Stoan weare keaping the circel which thatwl be axel rating the Inner G you know. Thats what you do when you Power roun a ring. Which it looks like we bes ful that circel on a wyl yet.”
