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You’ve found some old papers!
You shall go through the stone.
You’re off to to find Jamie! But you must go alone!
You have old coins in your pocket.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer through time
any direction you choose.
You’ve said ‘goodbye’ to Brianna. And all that you know. Now YOU are the lass who’ll decide where to go.
In Edinburgh you’ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.”
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And when the printshop decides to go and burn down.
In that case, of course,
you’ll head straight out of town.
It’ll be safer there
in the wide open air where if your name’s not ‘Malcom’ no one will care!
Out there things can happen and frequently do
to people who have come
through the stones just like you.
And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew.
Just go right along,
to Selkie Island with you!
OH!
THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!
You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the booze smugglers who who print pages at night.
You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed.
You’ll pass the whole clan and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you sail, you’ll be best of the best
Wherever you go, you will heal all the rest.
Except when you don’t. Because, sometimes, you won’t. Because sometimes the sailboats just won’t stay afloat.
I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that kidnaps
and redcoats can happen to you.
You can get all hung up on the Porpoise’s bow.
And the Artemis will sail on. You’ll be left…just for now.
You’ll come down from the ship, after jumping off the deck.
And the chances are, then,
that you’ll be shipwrecked.
And when you’re in a shipwreck, you’re not in for much fun. Un-shipwrecking yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.
A place called Rose Hall where you might find your kin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win? When wee Ian is locked with the witch who loves sin.
and IF you go in, should you turn left or right…
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind when Geillis is trying to travel through time.
You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…
…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a ship to go
or a redcoat to come, or a wife to go
or the war to come or the clans to go or the future to come, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the Jacobites to fight
or waiting for wind to sail like flight
or waiting around for Samhain night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle James or a some medicinal plants, or a list of clan names
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape
all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places
where the land of brave will soon be free.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you’ll sail fast!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you’re that kind of a lass!
Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done!
There are witches to kill. There are wars to be won. And the magical things you can do through the stones
that will remind you of the future, where you find Geillis’s bones.
Sassenach! You’ll be famous as famous can be,
It’ll be like when you faked sorcery for Jamie to be free.
Except when you fail. Because, sometimes, you will.
I’m afraid that some times you’ll still have to kill. Just like in wartimes
when soldiers all fell, you’ll be in charge of bringing sick men back from hell.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you’ll be quite a lot.
And when you’re alone, there’s a very good chance
you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won’t want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl. On you will go
for there’s the two of you, now.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore and your lies may grow weak.
On and on you will hike.
And I know you’ll hike far
and face up to your problems whatever they are.
You’ll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You’ll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life’s
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3⁄4 percent guaranteed.)
CLAIRE, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So…
be your name Beuchamp or Fraser or Bray or Jesus Roosevelt Christ O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Fraser’s Ridge is waiting. So…get on your way!
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