Iseult is born
Posted on Instagram 15th March 2024
Whether by accident or the steeping wisdom of the heavens, as the light of the spring moon fell through the little stone circle and down through the cut corner and onto the central step, a lean rabbit lolloped under its milky light, stopped suddenly shaking and sent her wide brown eyes towards the moon.
The moon called her by name, and Iseult answered, surprised that she hadn't had the thought to speak before. Her voice made her happy, and the woods and grass around her made her happy, and the light of her mother cool and bright in the stone circle made her happy too. The moon kissed her ears and Iseult beamed at the stars.
Then she jumped and whistled and walloped her long feet into the night until her mother's light left the step and she was left breathless in the grass, whiskers and ears twitching, curious at the place she found herself in.
A glancing look and the twinkling of lighted windows caught her and she had a thought that it might be warm and safe over there - and then another thought came and then another tumbled over it. Suddenly the world which she saw with prey animal eyes came rolling into her little head all at once, its breadth and depth beyond her understanding until now. For a long while Iseult crouched trembling again, long ears flat against her back, aware that she was herself.
Iseult the rabbit is the beginning of the 'lore' from Under the Cosmic Hedgerow.