Ages of Wonder by Julie E. Czerneda

Author:Julie E. Czerneda
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US

Danny held the feather against the shaft of the arrow he was making, waiting for the glue to dry. The creature watched him as it had watched every move he had made since it revealed his treasures to him—four wooden sticks of the right size and length for arrow shafts, the wing feathers of some hapless bird for fletching, and two coils of hemp string for the bow.

The bow itself was a revelation—not a pretty thing, but made of good English yew without affectation. Danny demanded to know where the creature had acquired it.

The creature had refused to look at him, and in the end he had given up asking.

The creature shambled over to him. Its arm looked much better now; the swelling was down, and there was no pus in it.

“Arrows are made?” it asked.

“Two of them,” Danny said. He had no idea if he had done a good enough job. He had only common-sense and his half-memories of his grandfather’s workshop to guide him.

“Is enough,” the creature said. “You not have time to make more today and I want to go to my mother tonight!”

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