Pilgrim by Timothy Findley

Author:Timothy Findley [Findley, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Literary
ISBN: 9780002005517
Google: xKmDFRVwWEUC
Amazon: B0055DM00A
Barnesnoble: B0055DM00A
Goodreads: 13623311
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1998-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

10

Pilgrim, too, sat alone late that evening. He had pulled the curtains aside and was watching from his bedroom window as the Moon began her climb. The Moon, however, was not in his thoughts. There, another subject had risen, baffling at first, being unbidden.

…then there was the tale of the industrious rabbit. His name was Peter and his mother was a widow by the name of Josephine. He had three sisters: Mopsy, Flopsy and Cottontail. There was also a cousin whose name was…

Barnaby?

No. That doesn’t seem right—though the B is correct. I think.

Bobby?

No. That can’t be it. Not Bobby Rabbit. Bobby Rabbit does not sound right, though Peter does and Mopsy, Flopsy, Josephine and Cottontail. These are true rabbit names and…

Barraclough.

Barraclough Rabbit. That is plausible. There was that boy—that young man at Christ’s who lived on lettuce. Lettuce, peas and cabbages—a panacea of greens. Barracloe—Barra-cluff. He was always being teased—and, more than teased, ragged—even made to wear a sign around his neck that read:

My name is Barra-

What-you-choose.

I know not how

To say it.

But if you rag me

Long enough,

I will confess to

Barra-cluff.

And if you let

Your urine flow

Upon my shoes, I’m

Barra-cloe.

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