The Howling Miller by Arto Paasilinna

Author:Arto Paasilinna [Arto Paasilinna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847677532
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2007-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

‘Tobacco, two tins of meat, a pound of salt, sausage, bread.’

The grocer meekly produced the items. As he was weighing the sausage, Huttunen put his axe on the pan of the scales next to the weights, as a joke, and said, ‘Look how light this axe is, shopkeeper.’

The axe was such a feature of the miller’s shopping trip that the shopkeeper sharply rounded down his bill. As his customer was leaving, Tervola even asked if there was anything else he wanted.

Huttunen turned on the doorstep, ‘That will be all, thank you.’

Under cover of the forest, he saw the crowd spill out of the shop. They ran as fast as their legs could take them towards Portimo’s house. Huttunen wanted to tuck into the sausage, but it made more sense to get back to camp. Now wasn’t the best time for eating.

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