Prudence Jasmine

Village news

1. year 2 · day 57

   Prudence Jasmine followed Léonce Jasmine around in the fields all morning and asked only forty questions.

2. year 2 · day 48

   Prudence Jasmine sneezed seventeen times in a row. The seventeenth knocked over a flowerpot.

3. year 2 · day 36

   Someone stole Prudence Jasmine’s wheelbarrow. She suspects everyone, starting with the fountain.

4. year 2 · day 12

   Prudence Jasmine had a fresh coat of paint. Two coats, and now she refuses to sit down.

5. year 2 · day 10

   Léonce and Honorine Jasmine have taken in Prudence, the last of the Swift. Prudence has carried their name since this morning.

6. year 2 · day 9

   Prudence Swift laid a flower on Noémie Walnut’s grave. She said nothing; there was nothing to say.

7. year 2 · day 8

   Burial of Noémie Walnut. 9 people behind the headstone: Zacharie Fir, Cyprien Kinglet, Faustin Lizard and 6 others. The village thought it was nice, for someone so little known.

8. year 2 · day 4

   Riko Swift was laid under a stone. Noémie Walnut, Colombe Walnut, Célestin Walnut and 4 others went along. No speeches; everyone listened to the wind, which made none either.