Deltora Quest #1: the Forests of Silence
“He could not remember stumbling through the tangled weeds and thorny bushes beyond the road. He did not know what guided him to the blacksmith’s forge, where at last he fell, fainting, to the ground.
Perhaps he saw the glow of the fire. Perhaps he heard the hammer beating on the red-hot metal, and the sound reminded him of his lessons with Endon. Or perhaps the spirit of Adin was looking after him. For Crian the blacksmith, stubborn and fearless, was perhaps the only man in Del who would have taken him in.
Crian roused him and helped him into the small house behind the forge. At Crian’s call, a sweet-faced girl came running. Her eyes were full of questions, but she was silent as she helped Crian give Jarred water and bread and bathe his cuts and scratches. They took his filthy, torn clothes, gave him a long, plain nightshirt, and tucked him into a narrow bed.
Then Jarred slept.
When he woke, the great hammer was ringing on metal once more, the girl was singing in the kitchen, and the ...sun was setting.MoreLess
Perhaps he saw the glow of the fire. Perhaps he heard the hammer beating on the red-hot metal, and the sound reminded him of his lessons with Endon. Or perhaps the spirit of Adin was looking after him. For Crian the blacksmith, stubborn and fearless, was perhaps the only man in Del who would have taken him in.
Crian roused him and helped him into the small house behind the forge. At Crian’s call, a sweet-faced girl came running. Her eyes were full of questions, but she was silent as she helped Crian give Jarred water and bread and bathe his cuts and scratches. They took his filthy, torn clothes, gave him a long, plain nightshirt, and tucked him into a narrow bed.
Then Jarred slept.
When he woke, the great hammer was ringing on metal once more, the girl was singing in the kitchen, and the ...sun was setting.MoreLess
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