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Two years after school finished, Roy started working the big garden and the mine with his father Thaddeus was not satisfied with just six years of education for his son, so whenever they went to town, Thaddeus collected books fro, he would make Roy read the books aloud In addition, Thaddeus had Roy teach hiave him a certain amount of control over his father Roy never abused the power; it just felt good knowing that he knew
Thaddeus was a capable man-able to shoe a horse, build a barn, hunt, fish, and cook He even taught Roy how to launder clothes on the rocks at the creek At twelve, Roy was introduced to coffee Thaddeus liked to drink his coffee strong and black, and Roy quickly learned to enjoy the sti effects of the caffeine, especially on cold dark arden, Roy's responsibilities included s frooat Roy utterly hated the goat and was convinced the devil possessed the ani hilarious entertainoat-Roy could not understand why they even owned the stupid animal
Occasionally, Roy and his friend Stanley would set off on two-day ca trips Since the earlier train incident, the two boys avoided Franklin and Robert altogether The four would see each other in to and then, and were always polite, but their intimate friendship ended the day of Stanley's injury with the train The locals and Sheriff Daere grateful and relieved by this news
For almost a year after Stanley was injured, Mr Riddle without question refused to let Stanley visit with Roy Thaddeus was troubled by Mr Riddle's actions and knew Roy and Stanley were like brothers Living in their desolate location, Thaddeus wanted Roy to experience friendships and Stanley was also a source of Roy's happiness Neighbors relied on one another for support and the situation between the two fa Thaddeus invited the Riddle fa three bottles of homemade whiskey, Thaddeus finally convinced Mr Riddle to yield Meanwhile, Mrs Riddle cursed under her breath, washing the dishes while the twoMrs Riddle was overly protective of her only son and was still angry about Stanley's train encounter That evening, while the two fathers reeing that their alliance would last a lifetime