JACKDAWS A SHORT STORY
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Complete Sat, May 16, 2015<5 mins
Will felt like he was getting closer to understanding what they meant, in a way. He would sit on the grass and look up, watching, listening and letting their truth come to him. If he forced it too much, it would not be the truth.
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