第36章 Brin and the Oak

Brin came to the yard gate on the hundred-and-eighty-first day, and he came with the oak on his shoulder, and the oak was long, and the oak was green, and the oak was wet, and he set the oak on the yard wall, and he took his hat off, and he put it on the wheel, and he said, "I have the oak." "I have a hall," said Kessin. "I have the oak," said Brin. "The oak is for the cart," said Brin. "The oak is for the cart," said Kessin. "The axle is going," said Brin. "The axle is going," said Kessin. "The oak is the new oak," said Brin. "The oak is the new oak," said Kessin. "The oak is green," said Brin. "The oak is green," said Kessin. "The oak is wet," said Brin. "The oak is wet," said Kessin. "The oak is for the hall," said Brin. "The oak is for the hall," said Kessin. Peth came in at the hall door with his case, and he saw the oak, and he said, "You have the oak." "I have the oak," said Brin. "The oak is from the lane," said Peth. "The oak is from the lane," said Brin. "The oak is from the second corner," said Peth. "The oak is from the second corner," said Brin. "The oak is from the hedge," said Peth. "The oak is from the hedge," said Brin. "The oak is from the lane," said Peth. "The oak is from the lane," said Brin. "The oak is from the hall," said Peth. "The oak is from the hall," said Brin. "And the oak is for the cart." "Then the cart has the oak," said Peth. "Then the cart has the oak," said Brin. "Then the hall has the cart," said Peth. "Then the hall has the cart," said Brin. "Then the hall has the oak," said Peth. "Then the hall has the oak," said Brin. "And the hall has the axle." "Then the hall has the axle," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the axle," said Brin. "And the axle is the oak." "Then the axle is the oak," said Kessin. "Then the cart is the oak," said Brin. "Then the cart is the oak," said Kessin. "Then the hall is the oak," said Brin. "Then the hall is the oak," said Kessin. Turrel came out from the kitchen with the lamp and the cloth, and she looked at the oak, and she said, "The oak is good." "The oak is good," said Kessin. "The oak is from the lane," said Turrel. "The oak is from the lane," said Kessin. "The oak is from the second corner," said Turrel. "The oak is from the second corner," said Kessin. "The oak is from the hedge," said Turrel. "The oak is from the hedge," said Kessin. "And the hedge is the hedge." "Then the hedge is the hedge," said Brin. "Then the hedge is the hedge," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the oak," said Brin. "Then the hall has the oak," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the axle," said Brin. "Then the hall has the axle," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the cart," said Brin. "Then the hall has the cart," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the road," said Brin. "Then the hall has the road," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the lane," said Brin. "Then the hall has the lane," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the boy," said Brin. "Then the hall has the boy," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the watch," said Brin. "Then the hall has the watch," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the eels," said Brin. "Then the hall has the eels," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the salt," said Brin. "Then the hall has the salt," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the bread," said Brin. "Then the hall has the bread," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the debt paid," said Brin. "Then the hall has the debt paid," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the spring," said Brin. "Then the hall has the spring," said Kessin. "And the hall has the seventh name on the road." "Then the hall has the seventh name on the road," said Brin. "Then the hall has the card," said Brin. "Then the hall has the card," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the white card," said Brin. "Then the hall has the white card," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the seventh card," said Brin. "Then the hall has the seventh card in hand," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the seventh name coming," said Brin. "Then the seventh name is on his way to the hall," said Kessin. "Then the hall has two years of work to go," said Brin. "Then the hall still has two years of work," said Kessin. "Then the hall is the hall," said Brin. "Then the hall is the hall," said Kessin. "And the hall is the oak." Brin took the oak from the yard wall, and he took the iron from the chest of drawers, and he took the nails, and he took the hammer from the bench, and he went to the cart, and he took the axle off the cart, and the axle was old, and the oak was old, and the old oak was gone, and the old oak was the old oak, and the old oak was the axle, and the axle was the oak, and the oak was the axle. He took the new oak and he put the new oak on the cart, and he put the iron on the new oak, and he put the nails in the iron, and he hammered, and the iron went in, and the oak held, and the cart was the cart, and the axle was the oak, and the oak was the oak, and the iron was the iron, and the nails were the nails. "I have the oak," said Brin. "I have the oak," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the oak," said Brin. "Then the hall has the oak," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the axle," said Brin. "Then the hall has the axle," said Kessin. "Then the hall has the cart," said Brin. "Then the hall has the cart," said Kessin. She took the pen from the cup and she took the ledger, and she wrote on the page, and she wrote: Brin Lowmarstrand, oak for the cart, from the second corner, band, now tally. Fare: one crown, and the hall has the cart. She put the pen down, and she looked at Brin, and Brin looked at the ledger, and he said, "Band, now tally." "Band, now tally," said Kessin. "Then I am tally," said Brin. "Then you are tally," said Kessin. "Then I am tally," said Brin. "And the hall has three tallies." "Then the hall has three tallies," said Kessin. "Then the hall has a band and three tallies," said Brin. "Then the hall has a band and three tallies," said Kessin. He took the bread from the table and he ate it, and he drank the coffee, and he put the cup on the table, and he took his hat and he put it on, and he said, "I will walk the lane." "You will walk the lane," said Kessin. "I will walk the lane," said Brin. "And I will come back at seven." "You will come back at seven," said Kessin. He put the cart wheels on the iron, and he drove the cart out through the gate, and the cart wheels turned on the iron, and the iron was the iron, and the wood was the wood, and the oak was the oak, and the axle was the oak, and the cart was the cart, and the lane was the lane, and the mud was the mud, and the hedge was green, and the hawthorn was white, and the sun was over the mill, and the chalk was white on the stones. Peth stood at the foot of the wheel with his case, and he watched the cart go, and the cart went away down the hill, and the lane was the lane, and the chalk was white on the stones, and the hedge was green, and the hawthorn was white, and the sun was over the mill, and the board had twelve cards on it, and the tenth was white, and the hall had three tallies, and the hall was the hall. ---