Modern Pict in Miniature: Minute Reads

By Shawn L. Bird

This is a 5 minute read.

 

Young Fergus takes seriously his responsibilities both as 'man' of the house and as a descendent of the fearsome Picts.  Trespassers beware!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lintusen Press
• Release date: Mar 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9781989642221

Shawn L. Bird

Shawn L. Bird is an author, poet, and educator from the interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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MODERN PICT IN MINIATURE

F ergus T. Scott!  Is that your mama’s blue eye shadow all over your face? Sadie set down the axe she’d been using to chop the fire wood, rammed her hands onto her hips, and stared.  Her elbows jutted out menacingly as she demanded, "And why on Earth are you wearing your sister’s skirt?"

It’s not a skirt! It’s a kilt. Kilts are for men. Mama says so!  He thrust his tongue out to emphasize the point.

It’s a gingham skirt with a calico ruffle, Fergus.

His lower lip quivered. It’s a kilt! 

Joline’s black and white kitten pounced by, snatching for a desperately lurching one legged grasshopper.  Fergus bent over