The first few days in Ardfinnan will remain with me for the rest of my life even though those long blissful hours came to an abrupt end. They started well as I scrounged some hay and began to weave it into shape.
“Aella! What so occupies your mind that you have no thought for anything else?”
She meant anyone, judging from her feigned petulant tone; but that was swiftly remedied as I wanted nothing more than Sherlaith’s company.
one“Will you not join me? For, see, I’m weaving a head.”
“A head! What on earth for?”
head! I smirked and teased her,
“If you are patient, you’ll see! But first, the neck…the throat is the most important part of all.”
“You’re not making the whole body, I hope, or else you’ll need more straw. I’ll go and fetch some.” She leapt up eagerly from her brief perchin
