Þǣre cartan cild rīdeþ forþ, ac þæt lēoht is endelēas, sceade bereafod. Sēo eorþe beforan strecþ drȳge and gecinod, se brærd mid sumeres winde āfeormod þe þā ēagan stingþ, and hē drægþ līnan wērignesse be þǣm fōtum mid ǣlcum stæpe. Weg, hwīlum ceald under þǣre sunnan, ūpāsent nū gemynd manigra daga hǣte, grīot under fōtum grindende. Se clāþ þe ofer þæs cildes hrycge is āworpen, hwīlum sōft, is āstyfed of sealte and dūste, berende stenc þæs wīdan emnettes, gefēle fērelta tō langra geworhtra under heofone þe nyle dīmmian. On feornesse ārist lāg stānweall ealdes ofnes, his fēowerecgede mūþ þǣre sunnan open, gemynd fȳra þe hwīlum þǣrinne wēollon gȳt his holum heortan clifiende.
Þǣr sind stōwa þǣr þæt land self þyncþ tō þolunge gesmiþod. On tūnum þe be ealdum ēabeddum gaderiaþ biþ eorþe mid handum āstabelod and gesceapen, ǣlc clūd cyþnes swātes and tīde. Þās clūdas, on fȳre heard gebrente, settlaþ on hām, on willum, and on openum stōwum. Under fōtum līnaþ brȳtsena misspēdra fandunga þone weg, gecorfene ecga of gearum fære gesmēþode. Þæs ofnes lāf mearcaþ ecge betwēonan þȳ þe geworht is and þȳ þe behindan is lǣfed, gewedrode weallas, se grund mid sceardum bestrewed, sēo sunne niþer cnyssende, unāspended, on bēgen.
Elles, on langum wege betwēonan tūnum, leorniaþ fērendas drȳgnesse lār. Scōs bīoþ mid lāfe manigra mīla āclāmmode, ila flæt þrungen and mid ceoslum gemearcode. On þǣre tīde þonne sceadwa forswindaþ, nis þæt gefēl swā swīþe ganges swā þolunge, slaw smeagung wiþ þæt land, feornesse behāt āmeten on þæs wērigan fōtes ūphæfe. Se clāþ on eaxle is hefig, of note gerūhod, blēo ealdra glēda, healende gemynd fȳrstōwa þe on færeldes ende lāg gebrende wǣron. Hit is clāþ þe fela tīda on sunnan ādrȳgde, þā fealda āstyfede and mid dūste craciende swā hē ymb þone swēoran biþ gegaderod.
On cycene wealleþ crocca on ofne, se sealt innan þiccende and dēopiende swā hē byleþ. Se cōc hlinþ ofer, mid wuduspone hrērende, gemunende þā cēapstōwa þǣr piporas on windlum bīoþ gehēapode, se stenc scearp and eorþlic. Hēr biþ þæt þe sunne ādrȳgde gegrunden and gemenged, mid slāwre hǣte tō sumum þinge gehwierfed þe spricþ fērelta mid fare, hærfesta on heardum lēohte gegaderodra, swæcces feorra stōwa. Se boll is hefig, on ofne gebrēnt swīþe gelīc þǣm þe on weges ecge stent, his brærd þyrelod and mid fȳres gemynde gemearcod.
Hwīlum, on drȳgnesse heortan, wunaþ rēnes gemynd, þrȳc wǣtre eorþan tō tigle gehwierfedre, behāt þæt þæt þe nū āþyrsted is mæge sumes dæges bēon gesōftod. Se weder, þēah, healt fæste, endelēas hǣtu būtan wolcnum þe on lyfte cwacaþ, ǣlcne stenc and ǣlcne swēg tō stillnesse tēonde. Se ymbhwyrft scīmraþ, and se āna frōfor biþ on carfullum handgeweorce gefunden, scieppende, ymbhebbende, gearwiende tō þǣre tīde þonne ǣfen æt nīehstan reste bringþ.
Tōdæg meaht þū hlāf mid þīnum handum scieppan, þæs dāges wiþerunge and warmþe gefrēdende. Þū meaht rūhne weg on strangum scōm gān, ǣlcne stæpe þē lǣtende gemunan langra wega and ealdra cēapa. Þū meaht drȳge piporas on ele brēowan, þone stenc þīne cycene fyllan lǣtende, oþþe þē on hwītele beweorpan þe manige sumeras cūþe, rūhne ac frōfriendne on his hefignesse.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Fȳrrēad.
Lucky Color: FireBrick — #B22222Þolung and gemynd settlaþ stillum on heorþe and under fōtum, and sīe se dæg mid fæstum handum gesceapen, and mid heortan þe þæt fȳr geman.