Tempting Fate
“It never takes less than two hours, the girls darting around calling, ‘Over here! What about this one?’ Elliott tramping over with saw in hand, Gabby yet again cursing the fact that she didn’t bring extra gloves, because Olivia always forgets hers and ends up wearing Gabby’s, while Gabby tucks her freezing hands into her armpits, convinced she will have frostbite by the end of the day.
They buy apple cider and doughnuts at the stand, and sit on low benches around the roaring fire to warm up, wh...ile Alanna usually wanders over to the two giant cows lazily munching hay in a small paddock next to the barn.
They haul the tree up to the roof rack, Gabby on one side of the car, Elliott on the other, then loop orange twine round and round, Elliott saying next year they’ll get a smaller tree, and Gabby agreeing, although the tree gets bigger year by year.
There will be no Maple Row Farm this year. Not without Elliott. It wouldn’t be the same, and Gabby could never manage to cut down and haul a tree by herself, and certainly not in this condition.MoreLess
They buy apple cider and doughnuts at the stand, and sit on low benches around the roaring fire to warm up, wh...ile Alanna usually wanders over to the two giant cows lazily munching hay in a small paddock next to the barn.
They haul the tree up to the roof rack, Gabby on one side of the car, Elliott on the other, then loop orange twine round and round, Elliott saying next year they’ll get a smaller tree, and Gabby agreeing, although the tree gets bigger year by year.
There will be no Maple Row Farm this year. Not without Elliott. It wouldn’t be the same, and Gabby could never manage to cut down and haul a tree by herself, and certainly not in this condition.MoreLess
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