Someone said life is not made up of blessing and cursing, but of challenges.
Some of us are blessed with frequent if not continuous gifts.
Gifts may be said to come from the 'Holy Spirit' (or Calley).
It often, but not always, comes from Elizabeth with "my mama told me to..."
Pages cited here are those of the hard copy book, not the ebook:
Here are some of the gifts apparent in Summer Boy:
Little Bear's aunt gave him many gifts, treated him like a mother.
An early gift was made by Little Bear when he found a hawk with his beak
was imprisoned between two rocks when he was seeking his prey. a groundhog.
(page 22)
Soon after when he was very hungry he received a gift of food from Elizabeth.
"Mama said you would be needing these")
(By this we realize that Elizabeth was a 'spirit person' like her mother, Calley.)
(page 33-34)
This one can only be seen as a carnal gift--from Lizbet
"Mama wants to know what’s your name, boy.”
Her 'gift' was a poisonous dish followed by a knock on the back of his head.
See page 92ff.
This happens in a dismal place, presumably away from Laurel.
For extravagant gifts we move to Davey's Wood (106).
Davey was the soul of generosity; he gave Bard everything but the cloths on his back.
Bard referred to him as his best friend.
Davey's first gift was bread for the boy he called Pilgrim. He gave Pilgrim a room of his
life to stay in etc,etc, extravagant hospitality! He became a father (of the best sort!) to
Bard.
There are still many gifts to name, but these are the only ones who have met my eye so\
far.
It often, but not always, comes from Elizabeth with "my mama told me to..."
Pages cited here are those of the hard copy book, not the ebook:
Here are some of the gifts apparent in Summer Boy:
Little Bear's aunt gave him many gifts, treated him like a mother.
An early gift was made by Little Bear when he found a hawk with his beak
was imprisoned between two rocks when he was seeking his prey. a groundhog.
(page 22)
Soon after when he was very hungry he received a gift of food from Elizabeth.
"Mama said you would be needing these")
(By this we realize that Elizabeth was a 'spirit person' like her mother, Calley.)
(page 33-34)
This one can only be seen as a carnal gift--from Lizbet
"Mama wants to know what’s your name, boy.”
Her 'gift' was a poisonous dish followed by a knock on the back of his head.
See page 92ff.
This happens in a dismal place, presumably away from Laurel.
For extravagant gifts we move to Davey's Wood (106).
Davey was the soul of generosity; he gave Bard everything but the cloths on his back.
Bard referred to him as his best friend.
Davey's first gift was bread for the boy he called Pilgrim. He gave Pilgrim a room of his
life to stay in etc,etc, extravagant hospitality! He became a father (of the best sort!) to
Bard.
There are still many gifts to name, but these are the only ones who have met my eye so\
far.
Just to clarify about the boy's encounter with the hawk (p.22). The hawk was caught by his feet. A hawk cannot open his talons when they are under tension. With his legs fully extended into the burrow, and the talons clutching the dead ground hog, he could not relax and release his burden, so was trapped.
ReplyDeleteNote on Lizbet (p.92): Lizbet's family live in the Laurel, down in the Dismal beside Dark Fork. There is some Shadow darkness in Laurel, too, although Light generally prevails over it there. See Map. http://thesummerboy.com/map.html
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