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Shops in town dreaded the Cready visits and would often close up for the day, just to avoid them The tere a constant source of headaches for the sheriff, although he could never obtain enough evidence to arrest them When Mrs Cready waddled into the street, people would sca the sensitive ears of their children It would require several days for the Cready stench to clear the air after they departed ho with and tolerate the Cready family, was the local drunk Evidently, they were somehow related

Mr Cready died one day for reasons unknown The twins found hi manure and assumed he was drunk and passed out Mrs Cready was beside herself over the loss of her husband The incident inflae to levels unheard of, yet no one understood how the woman was even capable of human sensitivities

As usual, it was Mrs Cready who always led the charge against the pigs when it ca season, a tragic accident occurred with troubling proportions News of the incident spread like wildfire through the town Although usted by the Cready fa of Mrs Cready's death was s were sent into a frenzy and started tra her ax, Mrs Cready fought the pigs until one five-hundred pound bore fell on top of the screa shattered her pelvis and fros then started biting the wo the wild horde before they brought things under control

The Cready tere so incensed over the senseless killing of their livestock that they resorted to setting the entire farm ablaze It took nearly two months for the smell to disappear and now most of the townsfolk refuse to eat bacon to this day The Cready twins continued to live in the charred remains of their farm, without any restoration whatsoever

Just the mention of the Cready name made Roy's stomach churn Sara took her time but revealed her story to Roy with difficulty

"Abe and Billy were helpingweeds when the Cready tandered on to the place I didn't see any horses, so I'm not sure hohen the Cready twins arrived They smelled aith a mixture of charcoal, burnt bacon fat, and sweat No a, would send them away, so at one point, I un and I wanted to scare the twins away Thankfully, Abe and Billy stayed in the garden the whole time"