I am sick today.
So the rain won the battle
yesterday.
After an hour of painful headaches,
a fever took me.
And I am forcing it to let me go.
I refuse to saty in bed all day
and wait until the shivers and sickness
leave me be.
Everyone in town is at Chapel
today.
Including the Mayor and his wife.
They've left me with their daughter,
who is much older than me and does not attend
Chapel.
I'm not allowed in the Church.
I think it's because of the color of
my eyes.
Mayor's daughter, Ruth, checks on me;
she tells me to get back in bed.
i do.
But then get back out
and shuffle around, searching for the
window.
It's not raining anymore; so it's okay to look outside.
The window looks out over the green twon
in the direction of the Chapel.
I wait for an image to pop into my mind
and wish for a moment atht evryone else
were blind like me.
They wouldn't be able to see my golden eyes.
Maybe I could attend Chapel then...
1076, Dey 6, 9th hour
