"[Tells] of a boy's waking up on a mild summer night to the sounds of "gee-up and whoa" in the next room where his grandfather, wearing his red waistcoat with its brass buttons, is reining invisible horses. On their morning walks, the grandfather has expressed his wish not to be buried in the nearby churchyard. When he is missing a few days later, the entire village is summoned to go in search of him, and they find him on Carmarthen Bridge in his Sunday trousers and dusty tall hat on his way to Llangadock to be buried. They try to persuade him to come home to tea instead." (eNotes.com)
First published on March 10, 1939, in the New English Weekly.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |
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A Book of Strange Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 22 |