MARGARET ATWOOD THE TESTAMENTS
The testaments by margaret atwood intro :
Only dead people are allowed to have statues, but I have been given one while
still alive. Already I am petrified.
This statue was a small token of appreciation for my many contributions, said
the citation, which was read out by Aunt Vidala. She’d been assigned the task by
our superiors, and was far from appreciative. I thanked her with as much
modesty as I could summon, then pulled the rope that released the cloth drape
shrouding me; it billowed to the ground, and there I stood. We don’t do cheering
here at Ardua Hall, but there was some discreet clapping. I inclined my head in a
nod.
My statue is larger than life, as statues tend to be, and shows me as younger,
slimmer, and in better shape than I’ve been for some time. I am standing straight,
shoulders back, my lips curved into a firm but benevolent smile. My eyes are
fixed on some cosmic point of reference understood to represent my idealism,
my unflinching commitment to duty, my determination to move forward despite
all obstacles. Not that anything in the sky would be visible to my statue, placed
as it is in a morose cluster of trees and shrubs beside the footpath running in
front of Ardua Hall. We Aunts must not be too presumptuous, even in stone. ........................................................
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