Stijn Streuvels
Stijn Streuvels
Stijn Streuvels was a Belgian writer...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 October 1871
CountryBelgium
alone close fast gave ground remained sat seen sign smoke
Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life.
again shut
Never again was I shut up in the loft.
began felt followed half laughing wickedness worse
After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.
father punishment water
I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a day’s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.
moving home steps
He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home.