You weren't joking about it being dry.
[LAUGHTER]
Chapter 2.
"Ggugguyni swaddled Half-Human Woman.
She rocked her and then pretended that Half-Human
Woman--
My goodness, that's such a mouthful to say every time.
Why don't we give her a nickname?
Something easier to say.
We can call her Sally, something short and familiar.
Ggugguyni pretended that Sally was a colicky baby.
She pretended that Sally cried and was naughty.
So, traditionally speaking, the sukdu
does not tell us how Sally was imagined to be naughty.
And perhaps it's better that way.
Because when Ggugguyni caws 'bad, baby bad' and tosses
the bundle over a ledge, each of us may project into the scene
our own definitions of badness and goodness.
Each of us can imagine our own misbehavior,
bundle it, chuck it into an abyss.
I understand this may be uncomfortable for you to name.
Here is permission.
You may pretend along with me."