Goodparley says, “Wel you know Riddley weare going to tern your up side down weare going to emty your pockits so what ever youve got whynt you jus han it over.”
Funny thing. I dint want him going thru my pockits I dint want him getting his hans on that blackent figger whatd put me on the road to where ever I wer going. There wernt no way I cud hide that bag of stoans so I took it out of my pockit and I helt it out to him.
He jus lookit at that bag for a littl like he dint want that minim to go a way from him. He says, “Riddley what dyou think is in there dyou think that myt be a littl salt now dyou think it myt be a littl saver what dyou think it myt be?”
Phist says to Goodparley, “Abel he dont know nothing Ive tol you that all ready he aint clevver.”
Goodparley says, “O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. Now Riddley Runner you jus tel me what you think youve got in that bag. Iwd be interstit to know what you think it is.”
I said, “Truth is I dont have no idear what it is.”
He says, “No you dont know do you I know wel a nuff thats Truth. All you done wer grab it becaws youre a mover and a happener aint you. Youve got to move about and make things happen o I sust that right a nuff and early on. Realy I wunt have to do nothing only tern you luce and let you run and youwd persoon get every thing all happent out and moving I wunt have to stress my self and strain like I ben doing so long. Yes thats all itwd take to get us moving frontwards agen is you and me working to gether. Abel Goodparley and Riddley Runner. Riddley Orfing. Why cant I have you for Shadder Mincer in stead of that dretful littl Orfing on my back and dragging his feet all the time.”
He took me by the rist of my out stretcht arm and pult me to him. He took the bag out of my han he said, “You can feal it in there pecking to get out cant you. Like a chick in a shel. Whatwl it hatch I wunner?” He put his han in to the bag and brung it out ful of stoans. I hadnt seen them in the lite befor. Yeller they wer. Broakin bits of yeller stoan.
Goodparley lookit over to Phist like he wer going to have his head on a poal right soon. He said, “Wel you foun your self a sweets place did you and sweeter nor honey you foun your self the yellerboy stoan the Salt 4.”
Phist said, “I dint fynd nothing Abel I aint no mover nor no happener.”
Goodparley said, “No and for a true fack you aint my littl pink eyed frend you aint no kynd of a mover nor happener thats jus what I come plaining of this long time innit. ‘Tryl narrer,’ you tol me. ‘Thats the way to do it which wewl do it in the new working,’ you said. ‘Spare the mending and tryl narrer.’ And all the time you ben waiting on your boat with honey sweets your Salt 4 you clevver littl man you yellerboy stoaner you. Whatm I going to do with you I wunner howm I going to put you strait it looks to me like youve tyd your self in such a knot there aint no end to it.”
Phist said, “Abel I bint waiting on no boat I never knowit nothing about no boat til you come in here with your hevvys and claiming Trubba on me. I know I aint the frendyes bloak in the worl I know theres some dont like me may be theres some in the Mincerywd like to put some Trubba on me. I dont know what others myt be doing but
Goodparley said, “What powders Belnot? What kynd of powders myt you be talking about?”
Phist said, “Eusas sake Abel you jump on every word I say and progamming for Trubba. I aint talking about no powders I dont have no powders I jus only said stoans and powders sames you myt say sticks and stoans it wernt nothing only a way of saying.”
Goodparley said, “Yes wel leave it with me jus a littl Belnot this wants thinking on praps youwl be so kynd to leave us the loan of your shelter and have a nice cup of tea in the gate house wylst I have a word with this here dog frendy oansome travveler.”
The hevvy as brung me in took Phist out. Goodparley looking at me and smyling hard then he said, “Howd you get dog frendy Riddley?”
I said, “I dont know it jus happent. I gone over that fents without realy thinking it out I jus run with them dogs nor they dint arga warga.”
He said, “You jus run with them dogs did you o youre a deap 1 theres mor and mor to you aint there tel me whyd you go to Fork Stoan with Lissener?”
I said, “I keap saying I dont know but its Truth it jus like come in to my mynd I thot we bes not break the circel then.”
