50BC, Gaul, Afternoon — The Gaulish Village
I bought this scroll of papyrus from the market in the village today. It's a special bundle of papyrus binded in a fancy way that made it look more like a book than a scroll. I told Obelix and Getafix that I'm going to start keeping a journal. Obelix doesn't get the point of writing things down as opposed to just keeping things in our heads; while Getafix just laughed in good humour and told me that in Gaulish tradition, everything — news, knowledge, stories, legends, lessons…… — are passed down by word of mouth rather than in writing.
Well, the druid is right, but what is the point of learning how to write in school (or to carve in stone) when you don't use the skill(s) at all in real life? Carving in stone takes a lot of time, I admit. So I rather write on classic papyrus. Plus, it's the only thing that was remotely interesting at the market, aside from the usual stock of boars and roman helmets. Also, the papyrus was also at a discount price as nobody else wanted to buy papyrus and write in them (except maybe Cacofonix, our "renowned" composer). So I had to buy it! It was a great day.
Poor Obelix isn't very good at reading let alone writing. He doesn't really know his numbers either and wasn't the brightest kid back in school. But it's okay. If there's anything legendary enough worth writing down from his side, I will write it down for him. Until the day he decides to pick up a quill and learn how to write properly then we can both write about our adventures together.
Well, I'm not going to go on too long about myself or about today but let me just explain what legendary means: worthy of being written down. I just KNOW that my life, my stories, and my adventures with Obelix (and Dogmatix!) are going to be LEGENDARY if I just bother to write them down. The main difference between a normal memory or experience and a legendary one is that the legendary one is written down. So write them down, I will! Haha!
Asterix.