Riddley Walker

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bettering."
    Eusa says, "Erny you aint going to stan there and weary me you aint going to boar me to death you aint going to come the hevvy staytmen are you? You dint call me back for that did you? Whatd you call me back for?"
    Orfing says, "You know why I callt you back Eusa."
    Eusa says, "If I did I wunt be asking wud I."
    Orfing says, "Eusa you know what the _Eusa Story_ says. Every body knows it even them as cant read. It wer you as opent up the Littl Shyning Man and let the Nos. of the Master Chaynjis out."
    Eusa says, "Yes I done that right a nuff I never said I dint."
    Orfing says, "Plus you put the 1 Big 1 in barms dint you. It says in _Eusa 18_: 'Eusa put the 1 Big 1 in barms then him & Mr Clevver droppit so much barms thay kilt as menne uv thear oan as thay kilt enemes.' Yet now in this here show youre telling us it bint like that. Youre telling us you dint do none of them Bad Time things youre putting it all on Mr Clevver. Youre saying he took your knowing and he done it all. All this long time we ben beleaving it like you tol it in the _Eusa Story_ and now you come on telling it woaly diffrent. What in the worl makes you think weare going to beleave a new story now?"
    Eusa says, "This aint nothing new dint I tel you this is trufax and wrote down the same at the Mincery."
    Orfing says, "If its trufax then why you ben telling it diffrent all these years? Whyd you pick now to change your story?"
    Eusa says, "Erny youre a parper holfas aint you. You get your teef clampt down on some thing nor you wont let go you jus hol fas."
    Orfing says, "Im jus only saying what any 1 myt say enn I. The shows are diffrent all the time thats how its meant to be. Which a show is some thing youre doing right now in this here time weare living in and youre doing the Chaynjis with Eusa. New things happening and new chances every time. Thats how its meant to be and thats how we all ways do it. But that story ben wrote time back way back nor you cant change it no 1 never ever changit the story befor this. That storys got to stay the same what ever it is and nothing changit."
    Eusa says, "Erny whats the diffrents any how?"
    Orfing says, "What dyou mean by that?"
    Eusa says, "Whats the diffrents if I done the acturel Bad Time things my self or if I dint?"
    Orfing says, "Wel if you dint do it then it aint on you is it."
    Eusa says, "And if it aint on me then what?"
    Orfing says, "Then youre free aint you. Nothing on you and the worl in front of you. Do what ever you like."
    Eusa says, "There you are and said it out of your oan mouf. Which wud you rather? Have the worl in front of you and free or have some thing hevvy on your back for ever?"
    Orfing says, "Eusa it dont matter what youwd rather youve got to go by how things are. Youve got to go by whats Truth and what aint."
    Eusa says, "Cut my froat and gard my witness if I aint telling Truth. I never made no barms nor never droppit none."
    Orfing says, "Here we come roun agen its a fools circel. If you dint make no barms nor drop no barms then whyd you say you did when you wrote down that story? Dont cut your froat now or some 1 I know wil have a bloody finger."
    Eusa says, "Whyd I say I did?"
    Orfing says, "Thats what I said. Whyd you say you did?"
    Eusa says, "Erny you know how it is when you blame your self."
    Orfing says, "No I dont. How is it?"
    Eusa says, "Wel youwl oversay wont you. Youwl say wersen you realy done. What ever it myt be. Say youve lef a knife where a babby gets holt of it and cuts its self. Heres the babby all bloody and youwl say, 'O dear o dear o dear I done that dint I. Its on me all this blood.'"
    Orfing says, "Wel it is innit. I mean if you hadnt opent up the Little Shyning Man the Addom and let out the Nos. of the Master Chaynjis of the 1 Big 1 then if you hadnt put that knowing in that box . .
    Eusa says, "If I hadnt some 1 else wudve done. Whyd the Hart of the Wud stan why dint it run? Whynt the Littl Shyning Man hop it whynt he vack his wayt out of there dubbl

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