How Hedgepig outran Eurmal

From: madamx_at_mikka.net.au
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:24:26 +1000


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How Hedgpig outran Eurmal
After the bad dogs took Mastakos' heel tendons Eurmal thought he could have a better place than the one Orlanth gave him. He was already very fast,having had to run away from so many people. Thinking of this he thought to be Orlanth's messenger.The Storm God said he felt that Mastakos with his chariot was still fast enough but Eurmal said he was faster. Finaly, to make Eurmal shut up, Orlanth said they should race to the end of the Rockwoods & back. What he didn't know was that Eurmal slipped the horses some wet oats before the race. So half way back Mastakos' horses started to bloat & Eurmal won handily. Well Orlanth knew he couldn't trust Eurmal to deliver messages so he said that he must race Yinkin as well. Four times round the base of Kero-Fin, & this time the two were kept apart until the race. The trickster, though, had lived in Orlanth's house long enough to know Yinkin, most especially his fondness for fresh catnip. So he went out & gathered a bunch which he kept in a pigs bladder so no-one could smell it.
On the first lap Eurmal was slightly ahead. On the second lap he came into view a bit behind. Eurmal was just going round for the last time when Yinkin appeared, running as fast as he could. But he had spent too much time gathering the catnip Eurmal had dropped when he fell behind & couldn't catch up. So Eurmal won again. At this Orlanth was distressed. He didn't want another messenger & couldn't trust Eurmal anyway. It turned out, though,that the wily trickster had already out run everyone else in Orlanth's stead. Finaly the least of Ernalda's folk said he had a way to beat Eurmal. When hedgepig explained his idea the Storm King was mightily pleased. The race was set to be only to a furrow at the far end of the fallow paddock. When Eurmal complained hedgepig asked him if he thought his legs were too short. Eurmal was insulted & claimed that any distance was enough to beat a worm eater. When they started Eurmal took off at a great pace, but when he looked back there was no sign of a hedgepig. When he looked forward again he was amazed to see a hedgepig at the finish line. After Eurmal had stormed off (he learnt it from Urox) hedgepig trotted down to join his wife who had been hiding in the furrow at the finish line til Eurmal looked back. That night, when the stead gathered to eat, Eurmal was furious to see hedgepig & his wife, for then he saw what everyone knows, hedgepigs are as like as two grains of oats.

Darvall.
Madamx_at_mikka.net.au
>From quiet homes & first beginnings,

Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter & the love of friends. Hilaire Belloc

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Bugger. Ah well here's another try.<BR>
<B>How Hedgpig outran Eurmal<BR>
</B>After the bad dogs took Mastakos' heel tendons Eurmal thought he could <BR> have a better place than the one Orlanth gave him. He was already very<BR> fast,having had to run away from so many people. Thinking of this he <BR> thought to be Orlanth's messenger.The Storm God said he felt that <BR> Mastakos with his chariot was still fast enough but Eurmal said he was<BR> faster. Finaly, to make Eurmal shut up, Orlanth said they should race <BR> to the end of the Rockwoods & back. What he didn't know was that Eurmal<BR> slipped the horses some wet oats before the race. So half way back <BR> Mastakos' horses started to bloat & Eurmal won handily. <BR> Well Orlanth knew he couldn't trust Eurmal to deliver messages so he <BR> said that he must race Yinkin as well. Four times round the base of <BR> Kero-Fin, & this time the two were kept apart until the race. The <BR> trickster, though, had lived in Orlanth's house long enough to know <BR> Yinkin, most especially his fondness for fresh catnip. So he went out <BR> & gathered a bunch which he kept in a pigs bladder so no-one could <BR> smell it. <BR>
On the first lap Eurmal was slightly ahead. On the second lap he came<BR> into view a bit behind. Eurmal was just going round for the last time<BR> when Yinkin appeared, running as fast as he could. But he had spent <BR> too much time gathering the catnip Eurmal had dropped when he fell <BR> behind & couldn't catch up. So Eurmal won again. <BR> At this Orlanth was distressed. He didn't want another messenger & <BR> couldn't trust Eurmal anyway. It turned out, though,that the wily <BR> trickster had already out run everyone else in Orlanth's stead. <BR> Finaly the least of Ernalda's folk said he had a way to beat Eurmal.<BR> When hedgepig explained his idea the Storm King was mightily pleased.<BR> The race was set to be only to a furrow at the far end of the fallow<BR> paddock. When Eurmal complained hedgepig asked him if he thought his<BR> legs were too short. Eurmal was insulted & claimed that any distance <BR> was enough to beat a worm eater. When they started Eurmal took off <BR> at a great pace, but when he looked back there was no sign of a <BR> hedgepig. When he looked forward again he was amazed to see a hedgepig<BR> at the finish line. After Eurmal had stormed off (he learnt it from <BR> Urox) hedgepig trotted down to join his wife who had been hiding in <BR> the furrow at the finish line til Eurmal looked back. That night, when<BR> the stead gathered to eat, Eurmal was furious to see hedgepig & his <BR> wife, for then he saw what everyone knows, hedgepigs are as like as <BR> two grains of oats. <BR>
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Madamx_at_mikka.net.au<BR>
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