"Part of the bird that can't touch the sky Hides itself low 'tween the serpent and ground. Swims in the sea and yet remains dry, Look to the light, it will never be found."
I turn the riddle over over over and I say:
"A shadow," and I hiss the hiss of the pleased-by-thinking. "A good riddle, blank-faced girl, that I can give to my kin for a moment's amusement. You may yet live."
And the witch snake speaks next, and I listen, and my great eyes narrow, and I hiss the hiss of the angry.
"That is no true riddle," I say, and lower my head to near her face. "It has no neat answer. As above, so below. (http://www.suite101.com/content/unlocking-the-stonehenge-code-merlin-and-the-stone-alphabet-a258881) I like neat answers." I touch the tip of my tongue to her face. "I do not know what I will do with you."
The man who is a lion gives me another riddle, and I laugh the laugh of the one who knows the answer and say: "that is an old one. The answer is tomorrow. But you do well enough." I look at the small human. "Do you have a riddle?"
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Date: 2011-03-17 06:11 pm (UTC)Hides itself low 'tween the serpent and ground.
Swims in the sea and yet remains dry,
Look to the light, it will never be found."
I turn the riddle over over over and I say:
"A shadow," and I hiss the hiss of the pleased-by-thinking. "A good riddle, blank-faced girl, that I can give to my kin for a moment's amusement. You may yet live."
And the witch snake speaks next, and I listen, and my great eyes narrow, and I hiss the hiss of the angry.
"That is no true riddle," I say, and lower my head to near her face. "It has no neat answer. As above, so below. (http://www.suite101.com/content/unlocking-the-stonehenge-code-merlin-and-the-stone-alphabet-a258881) I like neat answers." I touch the tip of my tongue to her face. "I do not know what I will do with you."
The man who is a lion gives me another riddle, and I laugh the laugh of the one who knows the answer and say: "that is an old one. The answer is tomorrow. But you do well enough." I look at the small human. "Do you have a riddle?"