On þǣre carte stent se drīfere betwēonan twām nīetenum, gehlæstedum ac tēondum on wiþerwearde wegas. Hira clāwa unstillaþ þone grund, nāþer tēonde forþ ne giefende, hira mægen fēdende ān gewinn wiþ him selfum. Se wægn self hlymþ and bifaþ, hweol belocen be twēo, þā hwīle þe dūst gaderaþ æt his grunde. Þæt færeld hæfþ his ende forloren. Sēo styrenes is eall þæt þe wunaþ.
Þēos þrycc gemyndgaþ þā unāblinnendan ēa þe yrnþ þurh ealde dena, ceorfende stān ac hwīlum gefangen betwēonan twām scearpum clifum. On ealdum landum folgodon wegfarende pæþ īsenrīces lāmes, gangende betwēonan hyllum þe nēah forbærnde þūhton æfter rēne. Æt æfenne þiccode se heofon hwīlum mid wolcne swā hefigum and niþerum þæt hit drāf niþer swā hlid, behātende storm ac giefende ān slāwne glōwendne scūr. Hyrdas cūþon þæt hīe ne sceoldon on swelcum wedere wōrian. Hīe wacodon under oferslægum swā sēo eorþe deorcode, swā hēo tuge inn gemynd ealdra wunda.
On burgum glōwode sēo smiþþe hwīlum late on niht, hire heorþ gefrætwod mid tigelum of ēaoferum. Se smiþ cnysede forþ, ēhtende hīwes of wōhnesse, ac þonne þæt fȳr unemne barn, forlēas þæt metal his geþyld and bēag on wōhum wegum. Þā leorningcnihtas swēopon þone flōr, gaderiende gefallene næglas and smale rūhe mynet, hira andwlitan onlēohte be spearcan þe hleopodon and swulton ǣr hīe setlodon on þone gehrorenen lǣþrenan sculderhrægl. Hwīlum hōdode se gingsta apulder, wealcende hine on handa, his hȳd heard and nēah unþurhfære, his wōs bestænende hira fingras on dīegle.
Spellbodan sægdon be wīngerdum feorr fram burgweallum, þǣr wīntrēow wundon wiþ ealdum stengum, hira scēafas gehȳdede under þiccum lēafum. On lætre sumere cōmon weorcmenn mid seaxum and windlum, carfulle tō flēonne þæt hīe spildon þæt þe siþþan sceolde bēon gedrēfed and geheald on croccum mid weaxe belocenum. Þā wīnhordernu heoldon lyft þe ā wæs cōl and scearp, swā hēo heolde hire orþung, bīdende þone nīehstan freols oþþe eftcyme þæs þe āweg fōr. Under blæclēohte glīemdon þā amforan, gereht swā weardas on þēostrum.
Se cicen healdeþ his āgen gemynd. On ofne bīdeþ īsenpanne, gemeted be gēarum brūces. Wyrttruma wæstmas brædaþ innan, hira hȳd wrincligende and lȳtle tōslītende, ālīesende stenc þe on weallum clifaþ. On þām bēode cnysseþ trēowen pilestocc drȳge hātpipercoddas, tōstencende sǣd ofer þone ceorfbred. Cuppe sitt gehende, gefylled mid cirisena sealt, his brād þicce and swēte gesett, se spon restende swā cumbol æfter gefeohte.
Þǣr sind wegas tō gegaderienne þē selfne þonne eall tīehþ on missenlīce wegas. Mann mæg gān be ēaofere æfter rēne, hlystende hū þæt wæter wiþ þā stānas flīteþ, and lǣtende ælcne stæpe þæt wōrige mōd fæstnian. On cicene mæg slāw hrēren þæs crocces oþþe wæstm on croccas drȳfan wend unstille handa tō þēawe, gemynd þæt nā eall styrenes is forþgang, and þēah sum is nēodþearf. Gif se heofon hefigne storm þrēaþ, mæg belūcing þāra ēagþȳrela and onǣling lȳtles fȳres þā lyft innan stæþigian. Oþþe man mæg ān apulder healdan, wendende hine on handa, gefrēdende his hefignesse and strengþe, and witende þæt ēac tōdǣlde sǣd magon hærfest scieppan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Deorc rēad.
Lucky Color: DarkRed — #8B0000Ēac on gewinne gemyndgaþ sēo heorte hire weg hām.