Uncertain Fortunes
It wasn't until Ore began school that anyone even noticed what an unusual boy he was. Ore walked to school between his sisters, their blond hair and green eyes were so markedly different than his own. They skipped along down the lane to the schoolhouse, laughing and clapping and singing. They made a very merry party until they passed a graveyard, and Ore began singing a different song, one they had never heard before. The words were old, but the tune was catchy and soon they were all singing along.
The people they passed stopped to stare at them in horror, as they sang the new song. They would have sung straight up the school steps, but a guard stepped out and glared down at them.
"Who taught you that fine diddy?" He asked. His question was light, but there was fire in his gaze. The girls pointed to Ore, and the guard narrowed his gaze. "And where'd you learn it?"
"The man in the graveyard taught it to me." Ore announced, pointing back down the road. "He's almost always there. If you ask, he might teach you too."
The guard accepted the answer, and marched off down the road never noticing the odd looks exchanged between the two little jeweler's daughters. The trio marched on to school, and before the day was out both the song and the guard had vanished from their thoughts.
The people they passed stopped to stare at them in horror, as they sang the new song. They would have sung straight up the school steps, but a guard stepped out and glared down at them.
"Who taught you that fine diddy?" He asked. His question was light, but there was fire in his gaze. The girls pointed to Ore, and the guard narrowed his gaze. "And where'd you learn it?"
"The man in the graveyard taught it to me." Ore announced, pointing back down the road. "He's almost always there. If you ask, he might teach you too."
The guard accepted the answer, and marched off down the road never noticing the odd looks exchanged between the two little jeweler's daughters. The trio marched on to school, and before the day was out both the song and the guard had vanished from their thoughts.