COFFIN ROAD
The Tale had been passed down for ages and would be passed down for ages to come. So long as there was a wedewyre and wedes to live in it, it would pass. Each generation, of course, had added something. Each had taken something away. But the general impulse remained: Three went out in search of the Sound—Seeker, Teller, and Winder (though they weren't called that then). Only Teller returned, living long enough, just, to tell the Tale.
It is generally agreed that the Tale is not a happy one. It is also generally agreed that it is the only tale to tell. The wedes believe this for two reasons: Because no one came back to live as they did before, they see it as a tale of defeat, and of death (and since wedes die as do every living thing, this is of considerable interest). But bec
