Surrounded By Water - Wise Captain

At dinner in the creaking vessel at nightfall with

the ocean lapping at the sides, lanterns swaying,

Belenus and I were simultaneously aware that we were

surrounded by water, out on the open sea.

He was now down in the cabin,

sharing his views on the Bog people with the other

donkeys over a glass or two of red. Travellers at

the Captain's table were all talking about the Bog

people, and everyone was confused, seeing

different things. We waited for the Captain to

share some views, because being the most

experienced one in these parts, that story would

be most interesting. After all, like Belenus

said, you can only learn so much from books,

then the rest is experience...

copyright Monika Roleff 2006.