#120 Talebones
“Gather round, children,” Elder Sarah said from her family room, a pipe dangling from her mouth. She wore a black and red checkered house dress and a necklace made of bones that rattled as she leaned back in her rocking chair.
Three young children sat at her feet and listened as she spun a tale their parent’s were told when they were children. When she had finished, the youngest pointed to her necklace and asked, “Why do you wear a necklace made of bones around your neck?”
“These are the fingers of children, not unlike you three, who were disobedient.”
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