The White Horse

[Adanedhel]

The two men sat in silence still and soon Adanedhel lifted his finished piece to eye level and gazed at it critically. It was a carving of a great eagle going for the kill, it looked very lifelike as though he had caught the essence of the bird in that piece of wood. Large wings outstrected and sharpened talons extended and opened, the beak and eyes seemed to glint slighly as though from the way Adanedhel had carved it was slightly polished.

Adanedhel smiled and placed the great bird on the table looking at it for a second then pulling out a second piece of wood, this time a very dark brown colour and he again began to carve. This time brown shavings tumbling to the floor to mix with the red shavings already there.....