The Secret of Kells Page #3

Maybe the boy

has gone blind.

I thought the very same

when I first saw it.

But it is only the work

of mere mortals, I'm afraid,

like me or you.

The book is a beacon

in these dark days

of the Northmen.

Do you want to see

the most beautiful page?

The one that will turn

darkness into light?

It is to be

the Chi-Rho page.

But it hasn't

been made yet.

No, but it will become

the most glorious page

of the entire book.

Tell me, Brendan,

would you like

to help me?

Oh, yes, please!

I help the Brothers

find quills all the time.

Calm down, calm down,

little Brother.

Now, to start with, you can

help me gather some of these,

from an old oak tree.

What is it?

It's a humble

little berry,

but it makes

the deepest emerald green

ink you will ever see.

If you help me

get a dozen or so

from the forest,

I'll show you

how to make it.

So, come on!

What's keeping you?

I can't go.

I'm not allowed

outside the walls.

It's too dangerous.

It is dangerous.

On Iona,

I lost my brothers

to attackers

from the outside.

Now, I have only the book

to remember them by.

But if my brothers

were here now,

they would tell you

that you will learn

more in the woods

from trees and rocks

than in any other place.

You will see miracles.

And that is something

the Abbot knew

a long time ago.

I've never seen

anything like it, Pangur.

I really want to

help Brother Aidan.

I think I could get

those ink berries

all by myself.

I could go into the forest.

Wouldn't Brother Aidan

be surprised?

Oh. But the Abbot...

I'd be back before

he'd even miss me.

But what if I get lost

in the dark?

No!

I should never

go out there!

Oh.

If I keep thinking

of the book,

I won't be afraid

of the dark.

And I'm sure I won't

have to go that far.

Right, so, Pangur Ban,

tomorrow I'll go

into the forest!

Pangur!

Oh!

Of course, it might help

if I knew what

an oak tree looked like.

Maybe we'd better go home.

Was it this way?

Do you remember?

Don't panic, Pangur.

We just have to find

the way back before dark.

Pangur!

Oh, no, it's hard enough.

Is this your cat?

Well?

I've heard about

creatures like you.

You're a fairy!

What are you doing

in my forest?

You've come to spoil it,

haven't you?

You were probably

sent here by your family

to get food, weren't you?

Well, you can go right back

where you came from.

If you don't, I'll make

the wolves get you!

No!

Uh... I didn't mean to.

Look, I'm sorry,

all right?

I'm not here to get

food for my family.

I'm here to get

things to make ink.

I don't have a family,

and we have food in Kells.

So I wouldn't come here

for it anyway.

I was just a bit lost.

You have no family?

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