The Very Secret Diary of Peredur of Wales
Day 1:
Father unable to stop talking about new friend. Everything is "Beast wd.
eat her for lunch" and "as Questing B. wd. say." Was interesting last
week -- now boring. Mother v. displeased, tho keeping quiet.
Am enjoying new diary, birthday gift fr. Mother. Am not enjoying bruises
fr. biweekly fencing, riding, &c. w/ brothers today. Hate Saturdays,
Wednesdays, brothers.
Day 2
Lovely time playing in woods w/ deer. Snuck salted hare fr.
kitchen for snack, narrowly escaped capture & skinning & salting by cook.
Father not home for supper.
Day 3
Father not home for breakfast. Took opportunity to try on his v. dashing
formal armor. Mother clearly Not Pleased. Plan on making self scarce til
supper.
Day 4
AM: smoothed things over w/ Mother, got to help string up new tapestry.
Fun!
PM: more fun, w/ deer. Met nice white hind.
Day 5
Wednesday, wearisome skirmishing w/ brothers. Stupid brothers. Wd. have
asked Mother to excuse me in Father's absence except she is In A Mood
again. "In the mead, you mean" said stupid br. Tor. Does not understand
delicate dispositions.
Supper interrupted by glowing message by Graal fr. Uncle Anfortas, whom I
loathe. His visits are always "want to see my bleeding spear?" when
Mother's not around. As if! -- he stinks like old fish.
Day 6
Another Graal fr. Uncle over breakfast table. Why does he always catch us
at meal-times? Mother took it to her room. By glow under door they are
still talking. Snuck into armory to tend to metalwork -- as always, stupid
br.s too lazy to polish own swords yesterday, sheathed them in disgraceful
condition.
Day 7
Appears Father has left Mother & run off w/ Questing Beast. The nerve!
Q.B. clearly shameless tart. Mother inconsolable, drunk. Made me swear off
swords &c. Fine by me, now can avoid stupid brothers on Weds.
& Sats., more woods time.
Day 8
Much fun picking flowers in woods ruined -- falconer's brat
called Father
pervy Beast-fancier. Could not v. well contradict. Am thinking of
changing name.
(to be continued...)
Peredur, part 2
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