GR translation: the hollow of an upended trunk

[Mike Jing]

Well, later on there was this:

"The stump towers above and cups them all, a giant nerve cell, dendrites
extended into the city, the night."

Then it must be really huge.  And the hollow is near the roots:

"Säure, who is never able entirely to lay off business, rolls, flows to his
feet, clutching on to a root till his head decides where it is going to
come to rest."

So it looks like they are sitting under some of these roots.  Again, it
must be a very big tree.


On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Almost -  the tree is upended - up out of the ground with the roots
> dangling around -  but the hollow is in the tree trunk.   This hollow in
> the tree is where he finds Emil and the two girls with the star.  It must
> be a big hollow - like it was a big tree which fell down an has a big
> chunked out part in its side.    Somewhat bigger than this:
>
> http://feridasbackyard.blogspot.com/2010/10/sometimes-it-takes-tree.html
>
> So Emil and the girls were just sitting in a hollow  in the trunk like it
> was a bench or something - not all hidden down in a little hole like owls.
>
> This is the way I read it,  anyway -  hope you can see what is in my mind.
>  (heh)
>
> Bekah
>
> On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:25 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > OK, that makes sense.  So they are really sitting in a shallow hole in
> the ground left by the tree, with roots dangling above from the tree trunk
> lying on its side.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > It's out of the ground, for sure - whether it's on its side or not is a
> ? but I'd say probably - I mean,  how else?
> > http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=3409766
> >
> >
> > Bekah
> >
> > On Jun 30, 2013, at 9:29 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, but upended trunk is more likely on its side.
> > >
> > > On Sunday, June 30, 2013, Mike Jing wrote:
> > > P371.12-19   Sure enough, in the hollow of an upended trunk, long
> roots fringing the scene like a leprechaun outpost, Slothrop finds one Emil
> (“Säure”) Bummer, once the Weimar Republic’s most notorious cat burglar and
> doper, flanked by two beautiful girls, handing around a cheerful little
> orange star. The depraved old man. Slothrop’s on top of them before they
> notice. Bummer smiles, reaches up an arm, offering the remainder of what
> they’ve been smoking to Slothrop, who receives it in long dirty
> fingernails. Oboy. He hunkers down.
> > >
> > > Does this actually refer to a tree trunk that's standing upside down
> and partially hollowed out?
> >
> >
>
>
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