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Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 488 из 495"I think a ball has a much better time if it has someone to play with it. Do you think you and your brothers and sisters might like to play with this when you live here? You can bounce it down the halls to your heart's content."
Her mouth fell open. "Really, Zedd?"
Zedd grinned at the look on her face. "Really."
"Maybe I can bounce it in the dark hall that makes the funny noises.
Then it wouldn't bother you any more than now."
"This old place is full of funny noises-and a bouncing ball isn't liable to cause too much trouble."
She climbed up in his lap and put her little arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.
"It's a lot better hugging you now that you found those things to get that awful collar off your neck."
Zedd rubbed her back as she hugged him. "Yes, it is, little one; yes, it is."
She leaned back and looked at him. "I wish Richard and Kahlan could be here to play with the ball, too. I miss them something fierce."
Zedd smiled. "Me, too, little one. Me, too."
She frowned at him. "Don't get tears, Zedd. I won't make a lot of noise to bother you."
Zedd shook a bony finger at her. "I'm afraid you have a lot to learn about playing with a ball."
"I do?"
"Of course. Laughing goes with playing with a ball like biscuits go with stew."
She frowned at him, not sure if he was telling the truth.
He set her on the floor. "Tell you what. Why don't you come with me and I'll show you."
"Really, Zedd?"
Zedd stood up and mussed her hair. "Really."
He scooped the ball off the table. "Let's see if you can show this ball how to have a good time."
CHAPTER 66
Richard rested his back against a rock in the shade of a stand of white oaks as he gazed off at the line of silver maples shimmering in the breeze.
The air smelled fresh after the rain of the day before. The clouds had moved on and left a clear, bright blue sky behind. His head finally felt clear, as well.
It had taken three days, but he was finally recovered from the effects of the poison. His gift had not only helped bring Kahlan back from the brink, but himself as well.
The people of the town of Witherton were just beginning to try to put their lives back together. With all the people they'd lost, it was going to be difficult for them. There were gaping holes where there used to be friends or members of families. Still, now that they were free there was the beginning of a vibrant sense of their future being better.
Her mouth fell open. "Really, Zedd?"
Zedd grinned at the look on her face. "Really."
"Maybe I can bounce it in the dark hall that makes the funny noises.
Then it wouldn't bother you any more than now."
"This old place is full of funny noises-and a bouncing ball isn't liable to cause too much trouble."
She climbed up in his lap and put her little arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.
"It's a lot better hugging you now that you found those things to get that awful collar off your neck."
Zedd rubbed her back as she hugged him. "Yes, it is, little one; yes, it is."
She leaned back and looked at him. "I wish Richard and Kahlan could be here to play with the ball, too. I miss them something fierce."
Zedd smiled. "Me, too, little one. Me, too."
She frowned at him. "Don't get tears, Zedd. I won't make a lot of noise to bother you."
Zedd shook a bony finger at her. "I'm afraid you have a lot to learn about playing with a ball."
"I do?"
"Of course. Laughing goes with playing with a ball like biscuits go with stew."
She frowned at him, not sure if he was telling the truth.
He set her on the floor. "Tell you what. Why don't you come with me and I'll show you."
"Really, Zedd?"
Zedd stood up and mussed her hair. "Really."
He scooped the ball off the table. "Let's see if you can show this ball how to have a good time."
CHAPTER 66
Richard rested his back against a rock in the shade of a stand of white oaks as he gazed off at the line of silver maples shimmering in the breeze.
The air smelled fresh after the rain of the day before. The clouds had moved on and left a clear, bright blue sky behind. His head finally felt clear, as well.
It had taken three days, but he was finally recovered from the effects of the poison. His gift had not only helped bring Kahlan back from the brink, but himself as well.
The people of the town of Witherton were just beginning to try to put their lives back together. With all the people they'd lost, it was going to be difficult for them. There were gaping holes where there used to be friends or members of families. Still, now that they were free there was the beginning of a vibrant sense of their future being better.