Þæt lēohtfæt is belocen hēah ofer þǣre dene, his hyrde bewunden on hefigre wulle, sittende stil þā hwīle þe þā tīda gāþ. Se munt ne cīgþ leng fōtlāstas, and sēo mǣd neoþan is īdel, būton ānum pæþe þryccedum on eorþan fram langre gewunan. Ǣr wǣre swilc wer latteow, līhtende þone weg, anbīdende āscunge, mearciende þone weg mid ēadmōdum lēge. Nū is þæt lēohtfæt ceald, and Se Ānsetla hæfþ gecoren nā tō hweorfanne, and hwierfþ ānnesse of reststōwe tō wununge. Wiþsæcung gefērscipe wierþ tō þerscwolde. Hēo nis leng anbīdung ǣr edciere, ac rihtung on hire selfre. Hēr ūppe is þæt hūs swīgende. Sēo cuppe anbīdeþ on þām bēode, unhrinen.
Begeondan þām hlīþum gǣþ sēo woruld forþ. On þǣre hȳþbyrig hæfþ se flōd nū gewended. Þā ealdan sǣlidan, þæs ēagan habbaþ gesewen þone orh dwīnan and eft ætīewan, cnottiaþ cnottan on heora rāpe, heora handa gānde on þām gīemenfullum hīwum geleornodum of gēarum æt sǣ. Fisceras bētaþ heora nett be þynnum candellēohte, heora bātas hōfiende stille wiþ stānstæþ. Of þām weallstæþe mihte man geseon ān scip farende tō openum wætere, segl fæste ātogen, se bord glisniende mid dēawe. Se heofon ufan is swā dēop þæt hē þyncþ swelgan þā burg ealle. Ofer þām hrōfum tōsprǣt wīd brǣd, untodǣled and ungemearcod, healdende his dēagolnesse nēah. Hit is sēo tīd þonne bellan sind swīgende and ǣlc ēagþyrel is belocen wiþ þone endelēasan dēorcan.
Se Ānsetla, mid hrycge gewendum tō þǣre dene, gehīerþ þā āsmoredan niht. Se lyft is hefig, berende gemynd ealdra spella. On ōþrum gēarhunde mihte ūþwita sittan æt his wrītbēode, feþer ālegd, stariende on pōl blæces þe scān nāht on bæc. Hē mihte wendan tō miclum fellclāþe, ātogenum ofer þæt ēagþyrel, belūcende ēac þone lǣstan dǣl þæs mōnan. On þǣre cycene wielþ crocc, ofergiten. Hlāf cōlaþ, his rind unbrocen. Sēo stilnes is full, ābrocen āna fram tīcce clocces, gemynd þæt ēac tīd slāwaþ þonne nān gefērscipe nis gewēned oþþe geþafod.
Þǣr is cynn wederes þe gehȳreþ þissum tīdum. On sumum nihtum gaderaþ storm æt ecge þæs orh ac hielt his sibbe. Se wind berþ stenc wǣtre eorþan and feorres pīntrēowes ac ne hrēt þā bōgas. Strǣta þǣre byrig scīnaþ mid lāfe ǣrran regnes, ac nān ne gǣþ hīe nū. Pōlas scīnaþ þone unbrocenan heofon ufan, unāstyrede fram fōte oþþe hweole. Hwīlum færþ feorr īsenwægn þurh þone dēorcan, ēagþyrel belocen, his hwistle āsmored fram þiccum lyfte. Eall hielt, āhafen, anbīdende tācnes þe ne cymþ.
Gif þū wille gān mid þissum ryne, ācwenc þæt endemeste lēoht on þīnum rūme and stond nēah þām ēagþyrle, and læt þæt ūte setligan ymbe þē. Ālecge þīn telefōn and hēapa þīne unrǣddan ǣrendgewritu on cēaste, and gief þīnum bēode swīge ungebrocentes leornhūses. Wind lengþe gearnes tō fæstum gewinde and dēþ hit āweg, lȳtel dǣd endebyrdnesse for lange niht. Wyl wæter tō tēan ac lǣt hit cōlian, and stenc þone rūm mid gemynde mā þonne mid wearmþe.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Midnihthæwen.
Lucky Color: MidnightBlue — #191970Tō wunianne on þæs muntes swīge is hwīlum tō cnāwenne his gemǣru.