Ho there, scribe. I see that you write well enough. Can you also read?'

'Obviously you cannot, boy,' he replied. 'For if you were able to read, you would see that my sign' -he pointed to a piece of paper pinned to the wall above his head - 'says: Reading and Writing - Careful and Discreet- the Sinistro Scribe.

Theresa Breslin

Tag: reading matteo sinistro-scribe



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How had it come about that these particular designs were chosen as our letters? Who decreed what sound would accompany each shape? And how was it decided the manner they would come together to form a word?

'Why is this so?' I demanded to know.

Theresa Breslin

Tag: reading learning writing inquisition matteo sinistro-scribe alphabets



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The scribe was a strict teacher and he did not accept anything less than perfect...

Like a mother sensing the baby quickening within her, suddenly, to me, the letters were no longer hostile and unwieldly. I had command of them, with my head and with my hand...
The words struck, as clear and as pure as a bell peal on a winter morning.

Theresa Breslin

Tag: inspirational writing matteo sinistro-scribe



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