Twā hors gehlæsted tō gūþwægne bīdon hwīlum on dūstigum wege, hira hēafda āwende fram him selfum, nosu wīde, hōfas unstille. Se drīfere, gebyrned ac ungewiss, hæfde þā brīdelas ālīesed. Se pæþ beforan wæs gefūrod, gewundod be fare manigra beforan him, and sēo burg on feorrnesse scīmode on lætre æfentīdes hætan. Þæt ealde fært, getimbrod tō sigum and tō wæfersȳnum, hlymde nū unemne swā se willa ādrēag. Nān clǣn weg heold. Þā hweol weolcon ān for þȳ þe hweol sceolon wendan. Þā nīetenu, strang and āfēded tō sige, forgēaton hira ānnysse and tugon wiþ him selfum, swā ælc stenc on winde ōþer behāt hwisprode.
On ealdum spellum spyrdon rīdend cēapwegas þurh land dūnena and wildra ēa, sēcende ofercymas oþþe gesundne weg hām. Hira gehlæstas, smēþe gehrorene be gēarum swātes and wederes, gnornodon mid ǣlcre styrunge, gemynd færelda gedōnra for hira āgenre intingan. Færende cēapmann mihte his andweorc beran on lǣþrenum saccan, āsywodum be candellēohte on cealdum æfennum, saccan stincendum hȳde and feorra fȳra. Sadolas, handum gesceapene tō þæs rīdendes līchaman, þrungon gehende þām nīetene, gemōt nīetenes and mennisces, willan and styrunge, and ēac frīcunge, geþyldes, and gewealdes. Þā wīsan gīemdon þissa tōla, smyriende hīe on monsuntīdum and dūststormum, witende þæt būtan dæghwāmlīcre gīemene þæt færeld wolde stillan.
On mearclanda stōwum bīdon horsmenn æt lāmigum ēaoforum, hira gearwa gehefgod be rēnwætere and tīde. On stælum ealdra wegsetla scēawodon wegfarende gyrdlas and rāpas, stillu geþing dōnde wiþ geþylde, hira handa gemunende gefēl ǣlces wel gehrorenen brīdels. Þonne sēo woruld nolde rihtne pæþ giefan, þonne þā nīetenu noldon geþafian, leornodon menn tō begānne mid þām þe hīe hæfdon. Eorþtilia bētte gehlæstas be leohfætes lēohte, ælc sēam lȳtel dǣd hyhtes. Drīfere bād on windigum hylle, sceawiende þone heofonriman, rēnwæter strīciende rīþas ofer wexedum syrcum and sadolcoddum. Þæt færeld wearþ þæt āna gewisse, nān ende, ac ryne stæþiges grundfæstes ganges.
On heortan hāmes stōdon setl gebēgede be cneorissum brūces be heorþe. Hīe geafon rest þām þe of wōrunge hām cōmon, mearca handa and færeldes āgrafene on ǣlcum smēþum earmreste. Æt bēode wǣron hlāfas tōbrocene, hira rinda bacene tō welan þe sægde feld and hærfestas. Cildes scōs, þicce sōlede and strange, bīdon be duru tō þām nīehstan scortan færeldes. Þæs cræftigan sēamāwul and beater hēngon on wealle, ā gearu tō þām nīehstan bēte. Þurh andweorc gesceapen tō fæstnesse and tō styrunge leofode se gāst færeldes būtan ende stille forþ, ēac þonne se weg wæs forloren.
Tōdæg meaht þū smyrian lēofre scōs, gemunende ælcne strǣtstān and pæþ þe hīe cūþon. Þū meaht bētan wel gebrocodne codd, fæstende sēamas þe hwīlum ungesewene þūhton. Sit on þīnum ealdostan setle and lǣt handbrād be his earmum, spyrigende spell ealra þe þǣr reston. Cōc mete on þiccum lāmcrocce, and lǣt tīd and geþyld hira weg findan on ælcne bite.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Sadolbrūn.
Lucky Color: SaddleBrown — #8B4513For grundfæstnesse on ymbhweorftum þe eft bīgaþ, getrīewe þām gehrorenen pæþe under þē.