Smudge and the Book of Mistakes by Gloria Whelan

Author:Gloria Whelan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2012-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Smudge took the quill with trembling hands. He dipped it in the black ink. He made his favorite letter, H. The sides were wriggly. The middle sloped. There was a blot of ink as large as a raisin.

Brother Gregory covered his eyes with his hands to shut out the horror. Hopeless. He would have to go to the abbot and tell him he must have Brother Ethbert. Then what? Neat but boring lettering. Brother Ethbert’s endless interference with his painting.

Yet here was this boy who loved letters. Who thought about them all the time. He would mind his own business. Given time and practice might he learn to be a scribe?

Brother Gregory said, “Smudge, you are to be here tomorrow morning the second the cock crows. Now leave me. I must see the abbot.”

The moment he was alone Brother Gregory dipped a brush in carmine paint and then in white to make a bright pink. Carefully, for he did everything carefully, he painted his right hand with the pink paint and let it dry.

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