GR translation: the hollow of an upended trunk

[Mike Jing]

Also this: "The reefer keeps coming around: darts and stabs through this
root shelter." And earlier: "long roots fringing the scene like a
leprechaun outpost."  They seem to be deep in the roots somehow.  So this
must the a hollow right at the bottom of the tree then.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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