Stormchaser
“No use to anyone, least of all Mother Horsefeather – who he knew wouldn’t now give him so much as a second glance – he sat cross-legged on a threadbare blanket, his head swathed in bloody bandages, watching the good citizens of Undertown scurry past him without a second look.
‘Spare a little change?’ he cried out at intervals, and rattled his tin cup. ‘Help save a poor soul less fortunate than yourselves.’ His words, however, fell on ears as deaf as his own. After eight hours of begging, th...e cup still contained no more than the brass button that he himself had placed there that morning. By sundown, Forficule was about to leave when somebody did finally pause beside him.
‘Spare a little change,’ he said.
‘A little change?’ the newcomer said softly. ‘Come with me and I’ll make you rich beyond compare.’ Forficule made no reply. He hadn’t heard a single word. Slitch – reluctant to repeat his offer any louder – crouched before him and rubbed his thumb and middle-finger together.MoreLess
‘Spare a little change?’ he cried out at intervals, and rattled his tin cup. ‘Help save a poor soul less fortunate than yourselves.’ His words, however, fell on ears as deaf as his own. After eight hours of begging, th...e cup still contained no more than the brass button that he himself had placed there that morning. By sundown, Forficule was about to leave when somebody did finally pause beside him.
‘Spare a little change,’ he said.
‘A little change?’ the newcomer said softly. ‘Come with me and I’ll make you rich beyond compare.’ Forficule made no reply. He hadn’t heard a single word. Slitch – reluctant to repeat his offer any louder – crouched before him and rubbed his thumb and middle-finger together.MoreLess
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