Sir Gawain Drabble One
The first of my four Sir Gawain challenge drabbles! The aim was to write 100 words in response to a section of the poem.
Well, with the green man gone
they laughed and grinned again.
And yet such goings on
were magic to those men.
The vivid apparition vanished as quickly as it had arrived. Merlin blinked slowly, staring at the spot where it had been, feeling nauseous, but the knights and nobles were already talking and laughing again. They thought it was merely a trick, an illusion created by the night’s entertainment, travellers from the coast. Only Arthur saw Merlin’s expression and knew that something must be wrong; and only Arthur was quick enough to catch Merlin before he hit the cold flagstones, his head spinning into blackness.
The last thing that Merlin was aware of was Arthur’s strong grip across his back.
Comments welcomed, thank you!
H