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Georgia Standen Second year Creative Writing and English student. The Changeling Eoin was my baby. His face was sweet, milky curd and blonde like his hair. He was tiny like a nut and smooth like butter. When Eoin was born with a smile on his face, I knew God had blessed me with a very special baby. However, shortly after Eoin’s birth my contentment ended. My husband recoiled with abhorrence at the very sight of Eoin, leaving the room if I entered clutching him in my arms tenderly. ‘Why do you move away from Eoin?’ I asked my husband imploringly. ‘Why do you move away as if I am nursing a monster?’ nothing.’ ‘Nothing is wrong,’ he would say dismissively, his eyes never leaving the floor. ‘It’s One time my husband brought a priest into our home. They whispered in my husband’s dark study. Several times they approached my Eoin and me with looks of thinly veiled odium. The priest was a hideous and evil man with a taste for the diabolical. ‘Neasa,’ said the priest with his silvery forked tongue, ‘would you put the child down while we speak please?’ ‘Why?’ I questioned suspiciously. ‘Please Neasa,’ the priest urged, ‘I need to speak with you away from the creature.’ ‘Creature?’ I repeated confused. ‘What do you mean creature?’ ‘The child is evil and has cast a spell of foolishness upon your brow. It is an ugly, cursing goblin,’ the priest beseeched smoothly, like wine. 23
Aghast, I peered at Eoin and saw his tiny hands reaching for my face. I turned to the blasphemous priest angrily. ‘How can Eoin be a goblin? His eyes are blue and his skin is soft. He is an angel!’ I exclaimed, my anger rising. ‘No, he is a demon,’ the priest said lividly, ‘he must be destroyed. There are only three ways to break the spell. We must throw him in a boiling pot, cast him into fire or roast him upon a shovel! It is God’s will that the demon be cast out! Please you must believe the word of God!’ ‘If he is a goblin with slimy skin, then why can I not feel it?’ I uttered coolly. ‘If he is a goblin and he curses like a sailor, then why can I not hear his swearing? You, sir, are asking me to doubt my own baby but I only doubt you.’ ‘I demand you to relinquish the demon!’ the priest bellowed standing up abruptly. ‘I will not have a child of the devil in this village. You hear me woman! You will not bring hell upon us all! Give me the Changeling now!’ I stood up slowly holding Eoin tightly in my arms. My eyes narrowed as I spoke contemptuously. ‘You dare come near my child, you unholy bastard, and I will cut you.’ I promised, my voice low. ‘Try to use him in your satanic sacrifices and I will kill you. Now get out of my house!’ Cursing under his breath the vicious priest flew from the house. Carefully I placed Eoin in his crib and I charged at my husband. ‘How dare you bring the devil into our house!’ I screamed, pounding my fists against his chest. ‘What is wrong with you? Why would you do this to our family? To Eoin and me? Do you hate us so much that you cannot see beyond satanic lies?’ My husband bowed his head. ‘That is not it at all. I love you more than anything. I am sorry, I did not mean for things to go that way.’ ‘What did you expect?’ I screamed loudly, waking up Eoin. ‘Look what you have done now! Why did you have to ruin everything?’ As I reached down to soothe Eoin, my husband began to leave the room. Just before he did he spoke in no more than a whisper. ‘I’m sorry.’ 24
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