dont even menshun wilbr

always stickin his snout where it doesnt belong

scarin the fishs how we ment to eat

nother empty belly night if hes not quiet i give him the evls so he lies down on his big belly how come hes fat and am thin eatin black fish all the time

i know hes watchin          

my tongue out helps the line through the hook done it a million times you wrap it round towards the reele see

pull the knot nice and tight like 3rd uncle showed me

my pensil seprates dream from memry but i can tell the diffrence between sun and moon any body knows that the fishins good when they swap places

i use the orang ball from missus aitkens bog as float bobber i alredy prayed to ask her prmission she said thats fine son i wont be needin it

missus aitken went away same time as everone else leavin just there shadders on the walls

wilbr helps me find glow worms for the fishin guess hes good for sumthin a bout the britest thing here and the fish love them worms wilbr does too but hell eat anythin

you just cast the line into the water like that see

wilbr is lookin away mus be in a huff leest hes quiet probly scared of the howlin he knows you dont go in the woods cos of they wolfs and the bad bores

sometimes i think all they anmals are the people that went away

few times the line tugged and few times i reeld but no fish a bout to go home empty belly when finely a bite from a wopper tightnin the slack fish fightin n thrashin pole straight wilbr up on 4 legs splashin and squealin dam neerly snappd the line but caught the basturt with swings of left and right n gobbld into the big net and theres me and wilbr on our backs catchin breths so that all you could here was the wopper slappin wet mud until it seemd our 3 hearts were beatin the same under that dirty sky

when we woke we cookd the fish it was good wilbr even et the bones

and from the night a sound i hadnt herd in 5 winters even wilbr was up on trottrs snortin ears prikd i shooshed him to listn better and over the orang fire crackl you could hear the same song singin over so that after a bit i had the wurds pretty much in my head

heres what i thought they wer

hes gota litl black house

hes gota litl black house

rabbit hole

well i never herd anmals sing b4 and no human since 3rd uncle musta been full belly curage that made me stand up and one look at wilbr told me he was feelin the same to go into the wooods

i snuffed the fire and packed up to ride wilbr to ward the song i was glad of his warm body steam in the cold tho he did smell a bit

my heart was thumpin when we reached the wall of trees i got off wilbr so we would fit through but not before thinkin hard a bout it until we heard again the song with the wurds a bit diffrent this tyme

hes got litl brown eyes

hes got litl brown eyes

rabbit holes

and we were in

darker in woods sept this soft glow seemd more a live in here with howlin and bat flutters all ways movment among the bushs bores give me the heebie jeebies but wilbr made me feel better in his element he was stoppin all the time to sniff where he thought there was grub

heavy water crashed

and we were at a water fall with a big pool undr the noise ment you couldnt hear anythin else i jumpd in and wilbr followd we were glad to get the mud off it was freezin wilbr stayed in the shallow bits he cant swim the silly basturt

came out blood pumpin hot i put my clothes on n wilbr shook his wet body on me i said stop that and went to hit him when i notisd behind him a singl rose in the grass tall and red you never seen 1 as good i said look wilbr and sniffed it the sent was somethin else like it went nose to blood the petals touch soft like clean skin

its thorn cut me

when a human face peekd at us from btween the trees it was a grl smilin no mistake she leggd it before i could even shout

we chasd her fast through oak and pine we left some stuff by the water fall you couldnt hear it anymor just feet and trotters in mud our legs scratchd sharp twigs but she was no were to be seen and

when the trees stopped so did we

in front of us a steep hill with a holy place on top of raggd stone as if the rough had givn burth to the smooth

fire torchd in windows i said wilbr howd we get past that rock and the rain fell heavy through grey smoke that smelt of silvr church balls we had buttrfly belly but i knelt in the wet and said wilbr whats there to go back to

through brackn along the outr wall we found the door and inside wilbr had to wait at the stairs bottom i cant lift him fair enuff he tried but kept slippin i felt sorry n said goodbye wilbr i will see you in a bit dont worry and patted his herry head when he lay down grumpy

herd chantin all the way up musta been 50 steps before it leveld and round the walls were archd rooms and a big open square down in the midl were the noise was from

i sneakd low to the wall and peerd down there were

IIII IIII I

grls in front of an altar n they all lookd up at the same time my face turnd beetroot it had been so long since i lookd at anyone they said come down frend we have choclit and i walked slowly to meat them one came to hold my hand it was soft n my eyes started to water there was no time to know what to do

we all huggd so many questions they said not now time plenty for that and gave me a hot water bath and choclit as promisd n tucked me up in a deep hay bed

just before sleep i memberd wilbr then fell asleep any way

next day i asked a bout wilbr they said hes safe with the other pigs dont worry lets play a human game

in the privat chapel where the sun made glass colour on the grls i said your face is yellow yours is green n there wer red rubees shinin in my eyes get up on that table they said there were 5 around in silvr shirts tyin me down i wasnt likin this bit they said dont worry frend its fun and took my robe off i couldnt move sept my head to look at the organ bone ribs up side down i said what you doin and

what they done next i wont write

they kept the milk and untied me i was quiet untl dinner of rowsted meet it was delishus cant remember the last time i et anythin that wasnt swimmin i askd 4 more after plate 1 and they gave me plate 2 and they were laughin i said maybe its not so bad hear after all

later i was sik must hav et too much the hed grl gave me a hot drink in bed to help me settl she said they have to send me away now i said where to she said where do you want to go i said undr the rose by the water fall she said o thats calld bunzls bathtub n she would see to it persnally

outside the rest are singin i can make out a new vers

hes gota litl fat pig

hes gota litl fat pig

sausage roll

out there the crows join in and theres the wolfs howlin again

ded tired

snow is fallin out my window i hope it lies in a carpet white a round the rose i wondr if it melts on the water or turns to ice so me and wilbr can slide across tomorro i will ask to see wilbr i hope he is havin fun i am not goin to play any more games with grls thats for sertin

November 2017