between pages 1 and 2
Then I stuck my nose out to see what was going on. Plink -rain if you don't mind!
But I wasn't complaining. I liked rain. The hiss of the water and the earth so soft bright green plants would nearly sprout beside you. This is the life I said. I sat there staring at a waterdrop on the end of a leaf. It couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to fall or not. It didn't matter -I was in no hurry. Take your time drop, I said -we've got all the time we want now.
We've got all the time in the world.
- Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy
(I'm rather fond of how this book is written.)
But I wasn't complaining. I liked rain. The hiss of the water and the earth so soft bright green plants would nearly sprout beside you. This is the life I said. I sat there staring at a waterdrop on the end of a leaf. It couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to fall or not. It didn't matter -I was in no hurry. Take your time drop, I said -we've got all the time we want now.
We've got all the time in the world.
- Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy
(I'm rather fond of how this book is written.)