Story for the day: Aoidhe -- Part 2
While Aoidhe is responsible for making the crops grow, he is also responsible for bothering poor and unsuspecting clerics. Enjoy: A oidhe hardly had time for a word of thanks before the brother hastened away. He watched him approach the cleric, who was standing behind a pillar, looking intently at him. Might he want to talk of him? Instantly he looked into his bowl, to keep from returning the cleric’s gaze and discourage suspicion, though he could not stop himself from hearing the slight echoes of their conversation. “May I speak seriously with you, Brudha?” said the cleric, in a half whisper. “I’m listening,” said the brother. “What is it, Cgneita?” “Have you come to a verdict with regard to the boy’s case?” “Yes, I think there was something of a general consensus. The boy will be removed from the old man, but he will be given a choice to learn or to work on a farm. We will not be putting him in the orphanage--” “You must listen to what I am about to tell you” sai...