TE15 Lithuanian Honey Cake

Sjón

a stone that promises a soft touch to the palm but betrays the hand with its shiny, black hardness ...

THE THREE WOMEN let go off THE MAN. he stumbles forward looking hard at the stone in his hand.

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he carried this thing with him for the rest of his life ...

on his journeys he took the black rock from his pocket,

breathed on it, polished it on his jacket-sleeve ...

THE MAN shakes the black stone, puts it to his ear, rubs it against the striped sleeve of his jacket, stares at it.

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