“She’ll never,” Howey said.
“Still, she might,” Ron argued.
Howey shook his head. No use arguing. Ron couldn’t see what he chose to ignore.
Much like Mom, Ron was, if less pessimistic. Though Howey did worry that Ron, too, would ossify with hardship and time.
“If we did all the chores, perhaps?” Ron offered.
“She’d see that as us doing our duty,” Howey noted.
Ron’s face fell. He so yearned to see the fair!
“Maybe if we patch that roof she’ll thaw a little,” Howey added, seeing his brother’s disappointment.
“Thaw who?” Mom thundered. “Wash up. We go to town!”
Photo prompt: © Jennifer Pendergast
Na'ama Yehuda 
Maybe they’ll get to the fair after all. But perhaps not
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Maybe …. at least there’s still hope … 😉
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Mum knows best.
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Well… they know deep down that there is no such thing as a free lunch – or a trip to town so best they hustle!
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Eeezatly … and there’s probably a lot quite thawed under their mom’s appearance of unyielding strictness (also, I suspect perhaps she, too, could use a trip to the fair … Moms like some fun, too!)
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Surely there is. And I think she most of all could use a trip to the fair!!
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Yep. Indeedee! We is on the same page! 🙂 Moms are grown-kids, too, and it is a good excuse when one ‘must’ take the children to the fair, eh?
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Absolutely. Just let them think it’s all for them 😉
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Of course she thundered! What a perfect word.
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Thank you! And don’t we know it! Them boys chattering about when there’s chores to get done and a town to go to! 🙂
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Yes …. absolutely!
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🙂
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Cool ending! Perhaps they’ll go to the fair too.
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Perhaps, eh? I’m thinking, maybe she can use a bit of fair, as well… 😉
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Oh yes, maybe it’ll lighten her mood too.
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Exactly! 🙂
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Hope they make it to the fair, although I’m not sure it will be much fun with Mum ordering them around!
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Mom has an image to maintain … 😉 I have a feeling they’d do fine AND that there’d be extra chores “to make up for lost time” in the coming days … just to keep the lads on path …
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Love the conversation 🙌
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Thank you! Glad you do!
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Mom is ahead of them as always. Well done.
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🙂 As Moms are known to be … 😉 Thank you!
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Caught talking instead of working, and Mom seems to have them cowed.
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Yep, and … yep. … 😉
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hope springs eternal. going to town is the first step. 🙂
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Exactly! 🙂 The fair’s likely in town so … yeah …
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Me thinks this may be a promising situation. Off to town we go. 🙂
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Yeah! I think the boys aren’t aware that not ALL of Mom is ossified … and grownups like fairs, too … 🙂
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Na’ama Y’karah,
You leave me wondering if they’re going to the fair after all. Maybe? I hope. You stirred my emotions. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I sure hope they will! I mean, where will the fair be if not someplace in town? Or, at least, there’s hope, right? 🙂
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Blimey, don’t mess with mum!
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Exactly! 🙂
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