The Whittled Object of the Old Whittler

Out in the scrub lands, an entire wooden suburb has grown from the withered hands and sharp knife of the old whittler. He stands now upon a stage, a round platform at the centre of a great amphitheatre, which he personally carved deep into the cracked red rock of the desert floor. The people of nightville gather and sit on wood plank rows which curve in a semicircle around the old man on the stage. Each person in attendance holds in their hands a whittled object given to them as they enter the audience space. All are different, esoteric and unique - each item an unexpected gift of the whitler. They hold gently their presence, protecting themth