Will Sparrow's Road
“The wagon inched through the crowd of merchants and tinkers, jugglers and archers and alewives, on the move from this fair to the next.
Will was relieved to see that Tidball sat next to him on the wagon seat, and the oddities—including Fitz and the girl—traveled inside. They rode in silence through neat little villages with trees all around, their hillsides freckled with sheep. Fields stood empty, waiting to be sown with winter wheat. Golden leaves crunched under the horse's hooves, and Will co...uld smell the coming autumn.
After a bit there came a furious knocking from inside the wagon, and Will pulled Solomon to a stop. Fitz jumped out. "I will walk a bit,” he said. "I have a fancy to stretch my legs.”
Will snorted.
"Did you hear something that amused you, stripling?” Fitz asked, raising one bushy eyebrow.
"'Tis but the thought of you stretching your legs. Belike you wish you truly could.” He snorted again. "Stretch them.”
Fitz frowned. "Fine words indeed from a wee, runtish fellow like yourself,”MoreLess
Will was relieved to see that Tidball sat next to him on the wagon seat, and the oddities—including Fitz and the girl—traveled inside. They rode in silence through neat little villages with trees all around, their hillsides freckled with sheep. Fields stood empty, waiting to be sown with winter wheat. Golden leaves crunched under the horse's hooves, and Will co...uld smell the coming autumn.
After a bit there came a furious knocking from inside the wagon, and Will pulled Solomon to a stop. Fitz jumped out. "I will walk a bit,” he said. "I have a fancy to stretch my legs.”
Will snorted.
"Did you hear something that amused you, stripling?” Fitz asked, raising one bushy eyebrow.
"'Tis but the thought of you stretching your legs. Belike you wish you truly could.” He snorted again. "Stretch them.”
Fitz frowned. "Fine words indeed from a wee, runtish fellow like yourself,”MoreLess
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