Þǣr is hwīl on færeldes þonne se norþnēdl hwerfþ, þonne þæs wægnes hors tēoþ heardlice on wiþerwearde wegas. Þā hweol bīgaþ, se weg forlīest gewisnesse, and forþ is ān se nīehsta fōtstæpe, nā ende. On mosāisce spelles fæstnaþ þæs wægneres gripe, ac þā brīdelas bēoþ besmitene. Þā nīetenu wiþsacaþ tō geþafienne. Þæt burggeat gewīteþ bæftan, and sēo wēsten openaþ wīde and būtan pæþe. Þā stānas þe ealde Rōmwegas līnaþ drīfaþ hira hætan ūp, nā lǣdende ac gemyndigende þone wegfarend þæt styrenes, anbīdig and ungebunden, is hire āgen weorc.
Hwīlum, on cēapstōwum Constantinopolis, bewond cēapmann his apuldras on līn, hira hȳd getogene and þiht, ælc wæstm lȳtel woruld sǣda. Blōdæpla, be him gestabelod, scinon on lætre sunnan, hira stenc scearp on hærfestes lyfte. Wegfarende þurh farende rǣhton tō him, nā of hungre, ac for þȳ þe sēo dǣd self, wæstm tō pluccienne, hine on handa tō wendenne, geaf hwīle dōmes on dæge elles būtan wege. Sēo burg, geþēodnes rīces, hæfþ ā bēon unstill. Hire cumbol, āhongen of marmstānenum bælcum, flugon on winde þe ēastan inn swēop, bodigende fara oþþe siga, ac oft ān mearciende gang tīde.
On þǣre steppe beraþ hyrdas beltas geblēodre wulle, gecnytte æt hype, þrǣdas besprengede mid dūste langra rida. Þās beltas, geerfdode oþþe gecēapode, sind lǣs tō warmþe þonne tō gemynde, bend tō glēdum þǣr flæsc barn on īsenum spitum, þǣr spell wunodon lange æfter axan cōlodon. On ealdre Sīnen dȳfdon læccwyrhtan Sichuan sticca and bolla on tyrwe, sēo geendung glīemende ofer bēodum gesettum unstillum cumum. Tō berenne swelcne bollan of cicene tō heorþe, handa stæþige þēah þæs færeldes ende ungewiss sīe, is tō cȳþenne þæt sēo dǣd berunge is andgietfull swā se cyme.
Þæt weder ēac, on þām bærnendum mōnaþum, deþ his āgen færeld. On hēahtūnum Perū swēopþ sēo drȳge tīd mid dūstes hwyrftum þe hleapaþ ofer lāmhrōfum, unstilligende corn geheald on gewefenum windlum. Se wind, gram and unbīgende, drīfþ tūnesmenn tō tēonne piperas of hira raccum, hīe on bēagum þrǣdende bufan þǣre duru. Hīe secgaþ þæt þās rāpas þone fefor on lyfte hōniaþ and healdaþ þæs hīredes heortan ryne stæþigne, ēac þā hwīle þe ælc ēagþȳrel hlymþ.
Hwīlum, æt æfenne, tīehþ wīf on ealdum engliscum tūnhūse tigel of heorþe, gystrandæges weorc, and seteþ hine on þone flōr. Sēo hātu slīdeþ slāwe ūt, wearmigende hire fēt swā hēo wull spint tō morgenes webbe. Hēo gemyndgaþ spell cempena þe swelce tigelas under hræglum bǣron, farende of tūne tō tūne, ungewisse nihtes gebeorges ac gewisse þæt warmþ mihte forþ bēon geboren, þēah ān āne mīle.
On ǣlcum spelle bīegþ se weg. Se wægnere ne lǣt þā lēon, ne þā fearras þǣre swipan hlystaþ. Þēah is styrenes, ofer cēapwegas, þurh cēapsetla, under windāworpenum cumbolum, hire āgen gewinn, andswaru þām dæge būtan ācsunge. Gif þā nīetenu wiþsacaþ tō geþafienne, mæg se wegfarend bollan fylle mid apulderes sǣdum æfter undernmete, oþþe wullen belt bindan ǣr hē hām forlǣte, oþþe bēagas pipera āhōn bufan þām oferslege. Hīe magon fȳrbacenne tigel on syrccodde beran and lǣtan his warmþe dēman hwænne man bīde. Þis sind smale wegas tō ārigenne þæt þe gǣþ forþ ēac þonne se weg is forloren.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Rēad.
Lucky Color: Red — #FF0000Ber sum warmþe forþ, for þȳ þe styrenes is gȳt andgiet.