Krabat and the Sorcerer's Mill by Otfried Preussler

Author:Otfried Preussler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-59017-802-7
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2014-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

6. HORSE TRADING

AFTER EASTER they began to overhaul all the woodwork of the mill. The Master put Stashko in charge, since he was the most skillful carpenter among them, with Kito and Krabat as his assistants. They inspected everything that was made of wood, from the meal-store to the roof, and where they found anything in need of repair—a post that was about to break, a loose board, woodworm in the flooring—the three of them replaced it or repaired the damage. There was a lot of work to be done on the woodwork down by the millrace; the weir needed rebuilding, and they were to make a completely new water wheel too.

Stashko and his assistants did nearly all the work with their hatchets, as self-respecting journeyman millers would always do, reaching for a saw only when it was absolutely necessary, and then reluctantly.

Krabat was glad he had work that hardly allowed him time to think of “anything else”—that is to say, the singer of Schwarzkollm. All the same, he found himself thinking of her quite often, and sometimes he was afraid the others would notice. Lyshko was already suspicious, for one. One day he asked Krabat what was the matter with him.

“The matter?” asked Krabat. “What do you mean?”

“Well, these days you hardly listen when anyone speaks to you. I once knew a man who was in trouble over a girl; he was the same way!”

“And I once knew a man who could hear the grass growing!” said Krabat, as casually as he could. “Or so he said—but it was just the straw crackling inside his head!”

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