Day Hundred and Ninety-eight

Cansves Dedh Etek ha Pajer Ügens

De Merher ew, an ethdegves dedh a vis Gorefan.

It’s Wednesday, the eighteenth day of July.

Peth pur vroas ew an kensa laverans a lever. A vedh whans dhe redyoryon dhe redya moy? Terweythyow ma’n geryow o comendya an gwaryoryon e’n gwrians. Terweythyow mowns o settya gwel an gwrians. Otta nebes ensamplow.

“Thera Mester Sherlock Holmes esedhys orth bord an haunsel.” (Kei Teylû Baskerville)

“Nei o pajer – Jory, Wella Samuel Harrys, me o honan ha Montmorency.” (Tredden en Scath)

“Nag ens flehes a’n hens horn wortallath.” (Flehes an Hens Horn)

“Thera an gòdhor o lavürya pur galish oll an mettin, o clanhe y jy münys rag an gwenton.” (An Gwens e’n Helyk)

“Thera hobys tregys en toll e’n dor.” (An Hobys)

The first sentence of a book is a serious matter. Will readers want to read more? Sometimes the words introduce the characters in the action. Sometimes they set the scene of the action. Here are some examples.

“Mr. Sherlock Holmes was seated at the breakfast table.” (The Hound of the Baskervilles)

“There were four of us – George, William Samuel Harris, myself and Montmorency.” (Three Men in a Boat)

“They were not railway children to begin with.” (The Railway Children)

“The mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home.” (The Wind in the Willows)

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” (The Hobbit)