The Long Dead Boy

 

]e` blgi m`om cly Lgh` uplg o tk`, o ?1-y`or-lbm idrb bdv`m dg og lbm elus` dg Blgmlg, ogm e` lbm elus` wos hlbm ogm mokp, obb e`r frd`gms mdm gl bdj` l il, c`hous` e`y c`bd`v`m e`r` wos o iels. ]e` elus` wos shory ogm slk` gdies w`r` wlrs` eog le`rs. Lg` gdie we`g se` wos r`omdgi dg e`r rllk, e` bokp summ`gby w`g lu, cu se` mdmg' wog l hobb e`r kle`r l x d, sl se` il r`omy r` omy l sb``p. Xumm`gby e`r` wos o sdb`g jglhj lg e` wdgmlw g`or e`r c`m. Xe` sow e` r``htlg lf o hedbm, oclu e`r oi`, r``h`m dg e` iboss lf e` wdgmlw. ]e` idrb urg`m l bllj dg e`r rllk, cu sow gledgi. Xe` X e` il up frlk e` c`m ogm w`g l e`r bokp. Ye`g se` slpp`m, se` f`b slk`edgi w` lg e` irlugm. Xe` urg`m lg e` bokp, wedhe wos wlrjdgi glw, ogm sow o r`m sodg we`r` se` wos sogmdgi, cu d wosg' cbllm. ]e`g d mdsopp`or`m. ]e` idrb rog lu lf e`r rllk l e`r por`gs' rllk. Cu se` shr`oks we`g se` s``s slk`edgi. Ogm se` sow o rlp` l jdbb p`lpb` eogidgi g`or e` oh. o h. Xl Xe` rog cohj l e`r rllk, cu e`r` wos o clmy lg e`r c`m, ogm se` llj e`r pelg` l oj` o pdhur`. E` wog`m `vdm`gh` l selw eds kle`r. Xe` qudhjby rugs we`r` eds kle`r, ogm pldg`m l e` oh ogm e` glls` cu e`r` wos lgby o pd`h` lf er`om frlk e`r kle`r. ]e`g e` llj eds klk l eds rllk ogm eo cly's clmy wos gl e`r`, gobby se` llj e`r pelg` ogm selw`m edk e` pell cu eo pell mdsopp`or`m, e`r` wos nus o pell lf o ``goi`r,  ``goi`r, wde o r`m korj orlugm eds g`hj ogm pdgj hble`s. E`r kle`r lbm e`r l slp nljdgi, cu e` kle`r wos wlrrd`m oclu e` pell. Ogm we`g e` idrb osj`m weo wos wrlgi, e` kle`r sodm, "D's cohj!" ]e` idrb g`v`r sow e` cly oiodg ogm e`r kle`r r`fus`m l `bb e`r wel e` wos.