Twelve: In Which a Terrible Dolor is Uncovered Upon a Jagged Glacier

Ostrich and Edith were zigzagging on the surface of a glacier when they came across EDITH, dead in ice. Solemnly, hallowedly, the Ostrich with her motherly claw carved the story of Edith's long-lost long-dead twin sister into the ice.

Eleven: In Which a Grievous Walk is Had in the Afternoon

And so Edith followed Mother Ostrich up into the mauve mountains and their multifarious crags to find Herr Grief. It was indeed a farlong and winding road to Grief; and the crags did swallow Edith's pinafore and 12 hairpins as penance for their traversal.

As the sun was low and pinkening the wide highup sky and the clouds corralled magenta and green was seen on the horizon and excessive colour washed throughout the bowl of the sky; and the ground did pinken too and the turquoise lichens of the ground did glow in the late afternoon; as all this colour did feast the 4 eyes of Mother Ostrich and Edith: they found GRIEF.

Ten: In Which Edith and the Ostrich Disagree

Nine: In Which Edith Eats Lunch and Meets an Ostrich

The sunlight was cool and yellow in the early afternoon. It dappled across buttercups and clover, accommodated calmly by the turf of the glade. A ladybird settled on Edith's shoulder, its presence undemanding. Edith ate her sandwiches. The rocking-chair was patient. It harboured an Ostrich. The Ostrich was doing an old crossword. Edith sniffled.