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Tale # 27 |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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I trod a lonely Scottish road- My thoughts long miles away. In other lands and other climes, And other, better days… I'd 'eard the clans were gathered- An' thot I'd gather too- An'; quaff a tankard, love a lass- As travelers like to do. An' talk wi' mates, I'd long not seen We'd tell our tales o' war- An' mates o' our'n 'ho'd crossed the Styx 'at's what clans gather for. Per'aps I'd see sweet Moire Yoil- On 'oom I'd long been sweet. An' cowards in the roadside scarp Expected not to meet… A rustle in the roadside 'eath- Five jackals at me came… I thought, "Poor fools! An evil day! Ye dinna ken me name". Our blades di' cross, an' cross again Thrust and parry, right an' left. I nicked the one who stood to front... An' 'im upon my right I cleft! Again, and then again, I struck! Another fell, and then one fled… Then came a blow from right behind... My body fell among the dead. I thought my time 'ad come to cross- On Charon's barque, to join the brave... An' days 'ad passed ere I awoke… On bed of boughs deep in a cave. A Druid, ye ken the ones I mean? 'ose rituals be dark, and grim… 'e 'ealed me wi' 'is majick, lad- I'd surely died, were not for 'im. 'e told me tales to chill me blood- an' touched me breast, 'and cold as ice… Said, "Warrior! Thou shalt never die! Unending years shall be the price... For sparing ye." An' then 'e said- "And thou must leave when east grows pale- To live, to love, to fight…and then- To spin again the Traveler's Tale." |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Ah, the Druids, most facinating and magick are the old ways. Ida |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I told you so. I am feeling quite smug right now, I am. A |
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