Basset Avowed

No, mother.
Will not.
Please, mother!
Can not!
...Yes, mother.
Shall find the boy, mother.
Search where ships die and the lizard holds court. Search the rock-pile of the Red one's summer dwelling. Search the ground stolen from the goats to dig out the black tin. Each giant's step is a league with no smell in between.
Not here. Not there. Not anywhere.
No nook or cranny holds the boy. No wall of Corineus or land of Brutus safeguards him. No smell him here, must go elsewhere.
Take boat. Bad dog on boat. Dog bites, hard. Blood. Angry. Bite dog's throat. Good dog.
Land in Ungrateful Ireland. Sneak into homes of the Ungrateful Irish. Eat, sleep, drink. No smell all the time.
Cold wind blows from North. Carries smell of boy. North. North, to Grateful Ireland. Smell of boy. Smell of giant. 
Please no, mother.
Scared, mother.
...Yes, mother.
Follow smell North. To Giant's Causeway. Leads to the salty pond and ends. Turn left. Turn left. Turn left. Close right eye. Sneeze. More steps now, no salty pond. 
Steps too big. Cracks too large. Hard to climb. Hard to jump. Little breath. Bad birds everywhere. Hungry birds. Go under Causeway. Safe there.
Deeper.
Deeper.
Can't fit!
Can't breath!
Dig!
Free!
Smells wrong. Sees wrong. Sounds wrong. Don't like Border. Too many sharp Thorns. Too many bad fruits. Too many old beans with knives for chopping tails.
Can't find boy in smell of border. Keep searching.
Ride Ram to Red castle. No boy. No giant. 
Ride Eagle to White castle. No boy. No giant.
Ride Salmon to Pink Castle. No boy. No giant.
No ride across field of bone to Black castle. Outside castle White hill. Smells of giant. Sleeping dead giant. Smells of boy? 
No boy. Like boy. But not boy. 
Things like boy tried to put on bit and bridle. Bit them. Some laughed, some cursed. Ran and hid in field. Hide in broken bones. White with white hard to find.
Winter. Sleep.
Years go. Years come. Find friends. Find monsters. Find children. Many children. Everywhere. Running. Hiding. Eating. Dying. But not boy.
Winter. Sleep.
Smell? Smell giants! Many giants! Here! There! Everywhere! Walking, pounding, laughing, eating. Smell boy! Not here... Blood here. Blood on giants. Boy's blood.
Ride on foot of giant.
Giant's home. Smell of children. Smell of blood. Smell of boy.
Can't see boy. Too small. Higher. Up giant. Tippy top. 
Cage of gold and cold. Smells of boy. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Jump!
Falling!
Sad.
Hand!
In hand. Hand smells of boy. Safe.
No! Not boy! Man! Man with smell of boy. Man is boy. Boy is man. Help man.
Come man. No cage. Go. Come. Follow. No? Please? Can't?
Key. Need key. 
=Changing Perspective=
To be continued
Category:Fiction