Under Fragile Stone (2012)
“It kept pulling at its rope and twisting to the left and right, as if it were trying to escape from the cart. At first they thought it was just bothered by the ever-present insects in the air; the gnats swarmed around it constantly. The two women tried soothing it, then coaxing it, then cursed it when it kept up its pesky behaviour. The donkey brayed back at them, nipping at their hands and craning its neck forward. Curious, the two women fell back to the cart and examined their load, just in case they might have picked up a spidersnake or some firemites. But there was nothing alive among the rubbish.
It was late afternoon and they were still a good walk from the thick and tangled woods where their tribe had taken up temporary residence. There were some farms and a storyhouse to visit along the way and the donkey was going to wear itself out if it didn’t settle down. Once it stopped walking, there would be nothing the women could do to get it to start again until it had rested, an...d they wanted to get as far along that forest road as they could before dark.MoreLess
It was late afternoon and they were still a good walk from the thick and tangled woods where their tribe had taken up temporary residence. There were some farms and a storyhouse to visit along the way and the donkey was going to wear itself out if it didn’t settle down. Once it stopped walking, there would be nothing the women could do to get it to start again until it had rested, an...d they wanted to get as far along that forest road as they could before dark.MoreLess
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