Speck loved to be by moving er. My stro memory is of ed by ts, empatic to tripped to tting ucked beer rolled around    and tances, I ruck by tours of    move. On anoto, ced by terfloc refleg on t I did not act upon t intuition because of a fual lack of ce. t ed me from crossing at to camp. I sers.

        to t of my first retur ts edge, and rusty s, bottles, and ottered ted in t. Books lay    t in our old dleevens , I spent t rest order, pulling do t    .

        Vibrations above annouarted ts creaking u and tterns of tines. I could picture ttling at tations. An    normal, I began to    covered my papers, and I spent most of t first day reading ts and pieces in order, tying tries in Mess journal. So muc be, fotten, and buried after ime. Reduced to a s pile, ted times passage tle existed, for instance, from tiotes. Years    mention. After revieood the long chore ahead.

        for trapdoor underion. Unlike on oto pick out a ne, rato steal neing supplies. Bereasure: five long yello t of my life. to introduce a minor intrigue, I also resevens t had been missing.

        ords spilled from te until my    t Speck left, became tory moved backo t ensions of being a groopped.    if sed me to go o stay, said t I lacked to run a a trary idea pulled at my sce. Perended for me to find out. S I loved    doalk o anshe unknowables.

        tes tossed and turned on t and started ing on a    pad, determio rid my mind of its darkest ts. ted oo t six m to piece togetory of my life to give to Speck. Our er ion sloired in December and slept until Mare.

        Solemn-eyed Lud draiea. it deliberation, t oling in for a long talk. Luc of rye poking tending to study t the branches.

        "Good m, lads. ’s on your minds?"

        "eve been to t; said Smaolach.

        " go; said Luchóg.

        "e knoo"

        "Read tory of your life."

        Smaolaed o;A    ;

        "?" I asked.

        tur know wo look.

        "Youve got a feories ; Luc;May I ask o ;

        " did I get ;

        "My uanding is t an aut e a book    ; Lue doesnt go time and effort to be t expects to be picked."

        Smaolac . "It ake, I to e a book t no one ;

        "You are quite rig times    dares t someto a ;

        I stood and broke tion. "ould you please tell me," I ;;

        "Im afraid its your fat; said Luchóg.

        "My fat about o ;

        " w;

        " my friend means to say is t t your fat all. t man is anot;

        "e ; said Luchóg.

        As ried to untaions of to my book. First, ting to    about tunately, tic cers, a bit etric, true, but steadfast allies in my adveioning posed an intriguing ,    t ao    actually get a book to Speore to t, about to e it all doy    to e do all. te no books, painted not tural hers?

        At su, epped out of cover and    to a scattering of graves in a green space adjat to tery enclosed by a stone    back to safety, or pero a tranquil, roions on tos ook me on a opped s among to a plot and sone: ILLIAM DAY, 1917-1962. I k doters, sidered t; ;

        Lucly. "e ;

        "I     name in a w;

        Smaolac;I still prefer Aniday. You are one of us."

        ";

        "e t you srut see your fat nig t;

        "And you uand," Luc;t t be your fat;

        I sat do to save myself from fainting. t, of course. By my dar, fourteen years e on t gravestone. If    long ago, illiam Day could not be    illiam Day but o myself te, and calmly smoked it amid toars came out to defiional secrets, but t I mig out for myself.

        "Let us a; Smaolad tomorro;

        e leapt te at trekked ion turning to smaller mistakes in my oory. Most of tions escaped scrutiny because my mind ed lanes. Spee    of viee clearly t of ters. My fatotal void. Life existed before t suffitly dragged te t nig, I sat aallized before me. e    montigating t boy, finding out in excruciatiail ture and sory, s of mind—all to assist Igel in t ory, infinitely better t myself. No I knerue o ruto , and no of my o Luly to find it vat. In t burroed to disturb their peace.

        "Luc; I ell me a story."

        "Aniday, for t you see Im sleeping?"

        "I o kno;

        By time, sirring as ed until tao eye level. " is it?" he demanded.

        "You o tell me everyt ;

        Co tal posit ion &quo bed. Ask me again in ting. But noo my pilloo my dreams."

        I    off by eace my excitement, I dre tired glares at breakfast t m, and only after their fill did I dare ask again.

        "I am ing a book," I announced, "about ory t Speck gave me before s, and noo fill in tails. Pretend Im about to make t on ;

        "O; Onions began. "You    t;

        "No, no, no," said Béka. "You are mistaken. t a    all, but one of tical t;

        "You are bot; said C;e, smart boy ip of t ers."

        "ts rig; said Luc;Mary and Elizabettle curly-tops, fat as lambc;

        "You couldnt    or nine," said Chavisory.

        "Seven," said Smaolac;;

        "Are you sure?" asked Onions. "Coulda s;

        tion tinued in t of tested bites of information, and trut tant cousin of trut to tely and togetimes an ansed a fa my brain. Sloime, a pattern emerged, and my ed to me. But oery.

        Before ter, I    off, i upon climbing t peak in trees o to t, ty looked like toy building blocks. Off to t village cut in t, try beyond. to t, a farm or trees and stone. I sat on taintop and read, dreamt at niger, I fasted and reflected upon tence. On t in t my fat in t?     botcartled by ted te liaken my plae away?

        I kne man    ended for me. tealer of my story, thief of my life: henry Day.
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