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Sara was again dressed in jeans, boots, and a man's work shirt The sleeves were rolled up and Sara radiated a sweet smile Her hair was pulled into a ponytail Roy suspected her outfit was originally clothes her husband wore When the filly was let loose in the corral, it was love at first sight, as Sally and Molly competed for the filly's attention Withina ot into thethe hing

"Whew," Roy said stifling a laugh, "I can't rehed that hard My Pop would act just like this whenever our goat would chasebefore Olof's death since I laughed this hard"

"Do youOlof The boy's loved hie hole in this family when he died"

"When did it happen?"

Sara sat on a wooden crate near the fence "It was alnant with Billy and Abe was only two" Sara's expression turned serious "Olof Johansson was only thirty-five when he died"

Sara turned her head and looked off into the horizon hiding her face Roy reached out and gently touched Sara's shoulder

"It's okay to miss him I still miss my friend Stanley Sometimes I can hear hi

Roy tried shifting the ained her composure "Billy is five and Abe is seven, but he acts much older He was forced to become a man too soon in his life"

Sara looked around and surveyed Roy's place She watched as the boys started cli the mountain behind the cabin Sara juood care of Billy and watch out for snakes"

"Yes Ma'am," Abe yelled back

"What? He can call you Ma'ahtly punched Roy in the arhed "I doubt it"

I like this woh at the sa heavily to one side but standing fir cabin was old, but Sara could see the porch, s, and roof were new The big garden looked awful, but then she observed the fa that direction