Geese, goats, pigs, sheep

The town, when we came to it in the mid-afternoon, was walled, and the walls, though old, were not so broken down as those of our own castle up on its hill above our town. A river ran alongside, and it was along this bank that we made our approach to the town, coming at last to a gatehouse over a bridge with a church next to it. We crossed the bridge and went in through the gatehouse. I thought we would have to pay, but there was no one to take money. Our own town square was a busy place, but even our market-day was not as busy as the inside of this town. Everywhere people were on the move, with animals, geese, goats. Pigs, sheep.

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The busy town, Sir Gawain and the Green Maiden

Image: Monnow Bridge, Monmouth