Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

Author:Thomas King [King, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9781443419123
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1993-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Okay,” I says. “Let’s get started.”

“Is it time to apologize?” says Coyote.

“Not yet,” I says.

“Is it time to be helpful?” says Coyote. “I can be very helpful.”

“Forget being helpful,” I says. “Sit down and listen.”

“Okay,” said the Lone Ranger. “Whose turn is it now?”

“Well, who went last?” said Ishmael.

“You did.”

“Then it’s Robinson Crusoe’s turn.”

“What about me?” says Coyote. “I’d like a turn.”

“That doesn’t sound like a good idea,” said Hawkeye.

“No,” said Robinson Crusoe. “That sounds like a Coyote idea.”

“Anyway,” said Ishmael, “it’s Robinson Crusoe’s turn.”

“Maybe Coyote can turn on the light,” said Robinson Crusoe.

“Yes,” says Coyote. “I can do that.”

“Okay,” said Hawkeye. “Let’s get going.”

“Watch me,” says Coyote. “Watch me turn on the light.”

This according to Robinson Crusoe:

Thought Woman is walking. It is morning and Thought Woman is walking. So Thought Woman walks to the river.

Hello, says Thought Woman to the river.

Hello, says that River. Nice day for a walk.

Are you warm today? says Thought Woman.

Yes, says that River, I am very warm.

Then I believe I will have a bath, says Thought Woman.

That is one good idea, says that River, and that River stops flowing so Thought Woman can get in.

So that Thought Woman takes off her nice clothes, and that one gets into the River.

Whoa! says Thought Woman. That is one cold River. This must be a tricky River.

Swim to the middle, says that tricky River. It is much warmer there.

So Thought Woman swims to the middle of that River and it is warmer there.

This is better, says Thought Woman, and she lies back on the River and floats with the current. Thought Woman floats on that River, and that one goes to sleep.

I am very sleepy, says Thought Woman, and then she goes to sleep.

Hee-hee, says that River. Hee-hee.

“Hmmmmm,” says Coyote. “I don’t like the sound of that.”

“Maybe that River reminds you of someone,” I says.

“Who?” says Coyote.

“Never mind,” I says. “More important things to worry about.”

“Yes,” says Coyote. “For example, what happened to Old Coyote?”

“Old Coyote is fine,” I says. “But Thought Woman is floating away.”

“Hmmmmm,” says Coyote. “I don’t like the sound of that.”

When that River starts flowing again, it flows real fast. It flows around those rocks, and it flows past those trees.

Look out, says those Rocks, here comes Thought Woman. And those Rocks climb out of the River and sit on the bank.

Wake up, wake up, says those Trees. You are floating away.

But Thought Woman’s ears are under water, and she doesn’t hear those Rocks and she doesn’t hear those Trees.

Oh, well, says those Rocks. Too bad. They say that, too. And those Rocks dive into the River and swim around until they find a nice spot to sit.

La, la, la, la, says that River, and it keeps going faster and faster. And pretty soon it is going very fast. It goes so fast, it goes right off the edge of the world.

Ooops, says that River. But it is too late. Thought Woman floats right out of that River and into the sky.

“Oh, no!” says Coyote.

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