Well, I got both, & the original, Lawrence, so it made it )at least as far as me).
But I took the weekend off to shovel snow etc, so havent read it carefully yet. Will. soon.
Doug
On 2012-02-26, at 3:05 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> well, if my silly one on seals and sibelius can get through then so can
> this; but I haven't seen it
>
> L
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Elidius' sermon
> From: "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat, February 25, 2012 10:59
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> One day the sea receded from the quay
> further than anyone could remember
> and people came to the shore; some from inland.
> They stood and looked, fascinated to know
> what the bottom of the tide looks like. What’s wrong?
> they asked, worried beyond fascination.
> Soon it seemed possible to cross a bay
> going far out. One climbed up a high hill
> and reported that the same thing was happening
> all over; and everywhere. Soon all would be
> one island. Soon that island would be large
> and then enormous. How shall we fish then?
> they wondered. How shall we get there and back?
>
> They could no longer hear the waves; and yet
> they all heard the sound of babies weeping.
> Men walked out on the drying sand and rocks,
> lifting the big lamenting stones they found.
> Immediately, these relaxed their stoniness and rock weight,
> clung to the men and cried desperately
> but with less howling than they had before.
> The men lugged them in, standing them apart
> from the humans; but, in minutes, they changed
> into nice children who could and did speak
> and knew the games that Island children played.
> They looked so like each other and their kith
> few could be sure which were from their bodies
> and which the departing waves had exposed.
>
> [don't think i've sent that before
> but apologies if so
> a little distracted]
>
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