Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Mono no aware

An elf sat with a skald in the middle of a faerie ring. “Tell me a tale to make me weep, and you shall go free,” the elf said with a twinkle. “Fail, and you stay here until you die.”

“Then here I shall stay,” the skald sighed. He looked sadly at the sky and said, “Fine weather today, isn’t it?”

The elf frowned, and thought. And thought. And then began to cry.

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