[his eyes were soft, worried when he looked at eilidh. he gathered her up, counting the six percussions and wondering at them. off the offending insect hopped. the mayfair was just about to reassure his daughter when faolán chose the next moment to beat a loud retreat! quickly he tugged eildih along, following her brother back to the den. it is a g-grasshopper, he explained. n-not a monster. it c-cannot harm you. they are necessary and im-important to the earth. his voice was even but he was more dismal now, wondering if they would outgrow this fear of the world beyond. l-look. for them all, for daughters and son alike, he pointed to a tiny little spider weaving her web in the twigs above their den. the g-grasshopper is m-more scared of the sp-spider than you are of the g-grasshopper. a fable, a parable. something like that. something lestan hoped would help.]

his eyes were soft, worried when he looked at eilidh. he gathered her up, counting the six percussions and wondering at them. off the offending insect hopped. the mayfair was just about to reassure his daughter when faolán chose the next moment to beat a loud retreat!
quickly he tugged eildih along, following her brother back to the den. it is a g-grasshopper, he explained. n-not a monster. it c-cannot harm you. they are necessary and im-important to the earth. his voice was even but he was more dismal now, wondering if they would outgrow this fear of the world beyond.
l-look. for them all, for daughters and son alike, he pointed to a tiny little spider weaving her web in the twigs above their den. the g-grasshopper is m-more scared of the sp-spider than you are of the g-grasshopper.
a fable, a parable. something like that. something lestan hoped would help.