The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse by Ivan Repila

Author:Ivan Repila [Ivan Repila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782271451
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2015-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

A few hours later, Small is practising speaking under his breath, like a slave learning how to write in secret with old exercise books. He thinks ‘brother’ and his mouth utters ‘furo’. He thinks ‘donkey’ and says ‘kenko’. Exasperated, he decides to start by repeating the simplest words, those with a single syllable. He thinks: ‘sun’.

‘Crun.’

‘Faa.’

‘Sato.’

‘Sot.’

‘Sonn.’

‘Sonn.’

‘Sun.’

He can hardly believe it as he speaks the word. He repeats it, louder:

‘Sun.’

‘Sun!’

‘SUN!’

He erupts with joy. Getting to his feet he cries ‘SUN’ and sploshes around the well with his arms raised, clenching his fists and his eyes, ‘SUN’ and ‘SUN’ and ‘SUN’. Big, who until that point was sleeping peacefully, is wrenched from his dream by the revelling gladiator.

‘What about the sun? It’s already night time!’ he says, his eyes bleary. Small just smiles, satisfied.

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