Against a Peacock Sky by Monica Connell

Author:Monica Connell [Monica Connell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780600482
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Published: 2014-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

‘How do you make a karaso?’ said Kalchu, repeating the question I’d just asked him. ‘Well, first of all you have to find the right branch – a pine-branch that splays at the end into three, four or five separate limbs. Then you strip it of its bark and, while the wood is still green and supple, you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string. When you’ve done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh, I suppose about three months. Afterwards, when you take off the string, the soft fingers at the end of the arm have hardened into claws.’

‘And how does it get to be so smooth and shiny?’

‘That comes with years and years of raking: grass and pine-needles, grass and pine-needles.’

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