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    Joey in Cornwall
    Joey in Cornwall
    Joey in Cornwall
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    Joey in Cornwall

    By Jean Rolt

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    Did Jesus visit Cornwall during the period of his life not covered by the gospels? We have legends that tell us that he did. This is a story about what he might have done during that period. He spends a winter in a secluded creek, collecting tin to take home to the Holy Land. Joey has a dog and a coracle and visits many small villages. It is a work of the imagination but it is possible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJean Rolt
    Release dateNov 9, 2013
    ISBN9781310380372
    Joey in Cornwall
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    Jean Rolt

    I have spent most of my life as a teacher who wrote. Now I am a priest who writes. This makes me a very happy woman.

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      Joey in Cornwall - Jean Rolt

      Joey in Cornwall

      Jean Rolt

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      Copyright 2013 Jean Rolt

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter Fifteen

      Chapter Sixteen

      Chapter Seventeen

      Chapter Eighteen

      Chapter Nineteen

      Chapter Twenty

      Chapter Twenty-One

      Chapter Twenty-Two

      Epilogue

      Preface

      This is not of course a true story. It is a work of imagination....a what if version of history.

      In the gospels there is a large gap between the childhood of Jesus and his reappearance as he starts His ministry. We have no knowledge of this period apart from speculation.

      Here in Cornwall we have a legend that Jesus arrived here with his uncle who was a metal merchant. We enjoy this legend a lot and similar stories exist all over these southern shores. This story is just one possibility.....it could have happened this way....it is possible.

      One

      The boy jumped off the boat holding a rope which he swiftly carried to a tree and tied securely. The men in the boat waved to him. It was a good spot. A fringe of vegetation came almost to the waters edge...on an oval beach just beyond a long sand bar. They had crossed at high tide but the water was dropping now . They would be safe moored there for the night.

      One by one the crew came ashore. About twenty of them, they were brown skinned, lean and athletic, well used to fending for themselves in strange places.

      Their first job was to find fresh water.

      Amongst the stones at the very head of the creek water gurgled up in tiny bubbles from somewhere below. The boy tasted it from his hand. It was clean and sweet.....they would be able to fill their leather water containers.

      Food was not hard to find....the sea teemed with life. There were days when fish almost jumped into the boat...they never went hungry.

      The boy turned as he heard his name being called. Joey. Where are you?

      He turned and grinned, Joey was not his real name but it was what the crew called him. His uncle was the only Joe on board. He was happy with the diminutive.

      He splashed into the water and climbed on board. The boat was about 40 feet long and there were 19 men on board and him. His uncle Joseph was in charge and they had been traveling for months.

      They had set sail from their own land where the wind was warm, often hot, and sailed into a large sea, calling in at small villages as they went every few days to get food and water.

      It was not Joeys first trip with his uncle. He was then almost 20 and skilled in the ways of the sea. He enjoyed going out to meet people from other countries, speaking in strange tongues and worshipping strange Gods.

      He was delighted to find that often he could understand people when no one else on the boat could....he was an asset to have on board and all the men liked and trusted him.

      He knew that if he wished it he could remain a sailor for the rest of his life but then he remembered that this would not be possible. Other things lay ahead of him, important things, there were new ways to learn, new people to meet....

      But for now he had his trips away with his uncle Joe. They were not just exploring. They were searching all the time and this place they had arrived at looked very good.

      In the ground could be found rocks that could be put onto a fire and melt down. The metal they found could be made into all sorts of things, pots

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