Still Compasses
every needle points home
Still Compasses

Still Compasses

A finder's fee of 3 coins each — the Window sends every one home.

The lid missing, the glass long gone, the needle frozen — pointing, if you check it against the stars, home. Not north. Home.

Nobody at the market can explain it and nobody wants it explained. The family gets back a compass that still works, in the only way that matters.

—Still Compasses in your Satchel