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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