The Bell Tower is steep and rises high above the building. The stairs are made of rickety wood and go up thirty stories. The bell is so old that the cracks seem almost perfectly set in the iron.
Bell Tower, Inside Church
hermit
mouse
I am a brown mouse. I live in a barn with my best friend, Horse. I like to hide from him in the hay.
I play with my best friend, Horse. We live in a barn and play hide and seek in the hay, I am a brown mouse. The bell tower is so tall. Hello mouse friend, I dislike people, but a mouse I can tolerate. That is great that I am tolerable, people can be mean. These stairs are so rickety i wish they would fix it. Well, I am the only one who lives here, except this priest who hears my confessions once a year.  I'm not the best carpenter, so it will likely get fixed after I die, or continue to deteriorate. Maybe the priest can fix the stairs. Have you heard the bell? it is so loud when it rings. Yes, I ring it after every prayer.  I pray a lot, and I apologize if this upsets you. It's kind of scary when it rings. But it's ok, thank you. What do you pray about? Mostly I pray for my knees.  This bell tower is thirty stories tall, and the bell rope is only three feet in length.  So I pray for my knees, run back downstairs, eat, pray for my knees, run upstairs, ring the bell, and repeat.  Perhaps I should pray for rope instead. Yes pray for a longer rope. But your ears must hurt also with being so close to the ringing bell. Do you eat cheese? I used to love cheese before I became a hermit, but I lack any cows or means of milk delivery to make any. Does the priest have any cheese? Maybe he could share some cheese with you, me, and my friend the horse. I'm not sure, he might be able to bring some during his next visit a year from now, if he remembers.