One of the tales in "The Red Grouse Tales" - adult fantasy stories for those who like to think about what they are reading.
“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 12:8
This tale centres on our almost desperate desire to leave something to mark our lives upon this earth. It is told as a history recounted by Dave, of the time when he, as a child, was taken by his mother to a hospice where he met a dying and embittered old Irish priest known as Mad Father Patrick, who told him about the school days and subsequent rise of a local councillor, Reginald Monday, and of his (Monday's) involvement in the construction of a dam which flooded a valley. Father Patrick's increasingly mad tale is told with a blend of biblical quotations, philosophical musings and wild fantasy, but how does it end and just why is he so bitter?
“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 12:8
This tale centres on our almost desperate desire to leave something to mark our lives upon this earth. It is told as a history recounted by Dave, of the time when he, as a child, was taken by his mother to a hospice where he met a dying and embittered old Irish priest known as Mad Father Patrick, who told him about the school days and subsequent rise of a local councillor, Reginald Monday, and of his (Monday's) involvement in the construction of a dam which flooded a valley. Father Patrick's increasingly mad tale is told with a blend of biblical quotations, philosophical musings and wild fantasy, but how does it end and just why is he so bitter?
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