06-13-2008, 02:37 AM
She smiled. You would make a wonderful hunter, mo chroi. And your father is quite right, you don't need a babysitter. But that doesn't mean they shold be neglecting your education. Reading is very important to me. Your father can't read, but I can. I always wanted to teach him, but he refused to learn.
She paused, then asked, Would you like to learn to read? I can teach you if you do. She'd taught others to read. She hadn't been much older than him when she'd started reading herself. She remembered her adopted father teaching her over the fire, while the woman who kept him fed watched. What had that woman's name been? Gwendolyn? Gwennyth? Something like that. It didn't matter really. Taliesin had been hers alone, her father. He'd spent all his time with her.
And why all these thoughts of father now? Probably just the stress, she decided. She returned her gaze to her son, smiling.
She paused, then asked, Would you like to learn to read? I can teach you if you do. She'd taught others to read. She hadn't been much older than him when she'd started reading herself. She remembered her adopted father teaching her over the fire, while the woman who kept him fed watched. What had that woman's name been? Gwendolyn? Gwennyth? Something like that. It didn't matter really. Taliesin had been hers alone, her father. He'd spent all his time with her.
And why all these thoughts of father now? Probably just the stress, she decided. She returned her gaze to her son, smiling.