On Becoming a Better Man, Human, and Father
The boys were true savages, possessing only the cruel humor of the savage. To them the incident was excruciatingly funny, and they burst into loud laughter. Hoo-Hoo danced up and down, while Edwin rolled gleefully on the ground. The boy with the goats came running to join in the fun. The heat had forced its shells apart “Set ’em to cool, Edwin, set ’em to cool,” the old...
[stag_dropcap font_size=”150px” style=”normal”]A[/stag_dropcap]nd the old man’s palsied eagerness was pitiful. Sitting down in the sand as quickly as his stiff limbs would let him, he poked a large rock-mussel from out of the coals. The heat had forced its shells apart, and the meat, salmon-colored, was thoroughly cooked. Between thumb and forefinger, in trembling...
[stag_dropcap font_size=”150px” style=”normal”]A[/stag_dropcap]nd the old man’s palsied eagerness was pitiful. Sitting down in the sand as quickly as his stiff limbs would let him, he poked a large rock-mussel from out of the coals. The heat had forced its shells apart, and the meat, salmon-colored, was thoroughly cooked. Between thumb and forefinger, in trembling...
On Becoming a Better Man, Human, and Father