He kept his parched tongue safely in his mouth, his eyes on the ground.

He swallowed, a difficult trick to perform with a thick, parched tongue.

The name settled on his-mind like water on a parched tongue.

The water slid over his parched tongue and down his throat in a cool deluge.

The boy coughed, and tried to moisten his lips with a parched tongue.

It was then that they would implore the steward for a drop of water to cool their parched tongues.

Still, they stood, mouths open, parched tongues seeking any kind of moisture.

The young mouse nodded skyward as he withdrew his parched tongue.

His mouth twitched, and his parched tongue seemed unable to articulate.

'Ducking,' was the only word he uttered - all his parched tongue could do.