The Power Of Words -- A Woven Tale

[Llyewell]

(This is the tale Lly told in the Dundee inn to a very polite and gracious audience.)

"Once 'pon a time...

afore there were words, nor people t'hear 'em, afore there was e'en a world, the gods gathered 'round an' shaped one wit' their hands. It was dark, an' flat, an' nae verra interestin'. And one god leaned forward an' breathed 'Be' across the surface, an' then the world Was.

An' they were pleased, but nae satisfied.

One god leaned forward an' breathed 'Rise' an' the mountains burst free from the flatness in tall peaks. The trees towered tall an' green. The sun an' moons circled in the sky, takin' it in turns t'lift high above the world.

An' they were pleased, but nae satisfied.

One god leaned forward an' breathed 'Live' an' beasts o' all shapes an' sizes walked the surface of the world. They ranged in the mountains, an' crawled across the sky. An' among 'em were people, newly formed an' blinkin'. An' the people worked an' lived, but little else.

An' the gods were pleased, but nae satisfied.

One god leaned forward, an' breathed the word 'Love' an' the people in the world did. They loved as family, an' as friend, an' as starry eyed lovers should. An' wit love came happiness, an' with love came loss.

An' the gods were pleased, but still nae satisfied.

So they leaned forward one more time, an' t'gether they breathed 'Believe'. An' the people did. They believed in right an' wrong, an' they believed in the gods. An'in doin' so, the gods were strengthened, an' were filled wit' good will towards the people an' all they had made. An' they breathed a great rush o' winds across the world, an' the winds were full o' all the words tha' e'er were an' e'er will be. An' the people rejoiced, an' took those words, an' doled 'em out. They named the mountains, an' the beasts. They named each ot'er. Some o' 'em e'en named the stars in the sky. Mothers taught the words t'their bairns, an' poets put 'em t'gether in new ways. An' the world grew greater an' larger, an' e'erythin' the gods had hoped it would be.

An' the gods were pleased, an' verra satisfied, indeed."

[Synvasti Shymere]

I love this story. Sweet and swift, yet still complete. Thank you for sharing.

[Thorne]

Well done.

-Th