1 | My sister stumbles past me, dropping her wand, and cries into her lap. | |
2 | The blacksmith's wife staggered up with a cheese the size of a millwheel. | |
3 | He ran slightly askew. Sometimes he' d trip over his own feet and fall down hard. | |
4 | He seized her hand; she pulled away climbing higher on the railing teetering for a second there. | |
5 | And, from the impact of the blow, Tom King himself reeled back and nearly fell. |