Tuesday 13 October 2020

What Gerrard Can And (Mostly) Cannot Do

"The Man Who Came Early."

Can
Wrestle.
Kill a horse for sacrifice with his "gun." (But this clumsy weapon blows a hole in the skull, wasting the brain.)
 
Cannot
Round up strayed cattle.
Compose verse.
Use the smithy or carpentry tools.
Ride a horse well.
Spin.
Weave.
Butcher or smoke a hog.
Salt a fish.
Turf a roof.
Make the "cannon" that he describes.
Mix the powder for it.
Sail a ship.
Manage the larger, more maneuverable ships that he describes.
Find the lodestone that he mentions.

I think there is more.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And all of that and more would apply to me. I'm toast!

Ad astra!Sean