Near Paulo's home, in the rich deep earth, dark eggs lay. They waited for decades, to be brought to hatch. When they hatched, they hatched death, or dismemberment, bursting forth with all the energy ... [+]
Translated by Kate Deimling
Captain Peck is beside himself. Timmy has disappeared! The captain's concern is magnified by the darkness that has swallowed the ship, a sliver of cloud now covering the moon. He motions to Cruvar, his loyal second mate."Blimey, Cruvar! Where on earth is that scounderel of a cabin boy?""Uh...how should I put it, Captain..." Cruvar weakly replies, avoiding the captain's gaze."Come on! Out with it!""He's up there...""What do you mean, up there?"The two men look up at the same time and spy young Timmy hanging on to the very top of the ship's mast, his crying barely audible."For crying out loud, w