I am so glad I met Sokni!

Author: * Ruaidri Cruithni - 5 Posts on this thread out of 204 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 24, 2005 - 22:17

He came home with me, and we just about talked the night away. He is sleeping now, and I have slipped into my forge. I am going to make him a true Celtic brooch to hold his cape closed. I can see my way clear now, and have decided what I am going to do. How incredible that a complete stranger form another land, can help me so much! Oh, I think I hear him - I must have made more noise than I thought.

"Good morning, Sokni. I hope your sleep was pleasant, though it was short." I laugh, and invite him to enter the forge.

"A most pleasant and restful sleep, Ruaidri, thank you. So this is where you ply your trade. It is smaller than the forges I am used to. But you did say your work is making smaller things. May I ask what you are woking on, now?"

"I have a brooch that needs just a little work to finish. Just some small gems to set. Do you like it? It is a broach to pin a cloak closed, and is a Celtic design of twined vines and leaves, with a couple of deer among them."

I have been working as I talk, and finish it. Proudly, I place it in his huge hand.

Sokni gasps, and says "That is a beautiful piece of work, Ruaidri. Silver with gold vines and leaves, and those little green stones make perfect eyes. I've never seen anything to compare with it. You are a true artist!"

I smile, "Good, I'm glad you like it, because it is yours. You took time to help out a strange young man who was truly in the depths of despair. I hope you will accept it as my way of saying thanks."

"Ruaidri - do you really mean it? I am stunned - it seems much too grand a gift for sitting and talking with a new friend. I have enjoyed being with you, and if I helped, I am glad. If you truly mean me to have this, I accept with gratitude, and will wear it with pride!" I am pleased that my new friend accepts my gift. I bank the fire, and suggest that we go back into the cottage and see about breaking our fast. He is agreeable, and we start another day of talk, learning much about each other.