By JAMILA GAVIN
The children clustered round the nursemaid were silent as she ended.
"That's a sad story," one whispered at last.
"It's a sad world out there," agreed the nursemaid. "Now come on, Nanny says it's time for bed."
"Oi! Meshak! Wake up, you lazy dolt!" The sound of the rough voice set
the dogs barking. "Can't you see one of the panniers is slipping on that mule there! Not that one, you nincompoop," as the boy leapt guiltily from the wagon and darted in an agitated way among the overloaded animals, "that one - there - fifth one back! Yes. Fool of a boy. Why was I so cursed with a son like you? I don't have to have eyes in the back of my head to know that one of the mules had his load slipping. What goes on inside that addled brain of yours?" A man and his boy were coming out of the forest with a wagon and a train of six mules. They were heading for the ferry at Framilodes Passage, which would take them across the River Severn and on to the city of Gloucester.
Publisher: Mammoth
Price: $16.95
Age group: 12 plus years
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