"Mama!", he hugged her leg. "Hey bud", she picked him up. "Did you have a good sleep", she ruffled his hair. "yeah, but I was a little bit scared of the thunder". "My poor boy", she kissed his cheeks. "Go wake Eridesa", she continued chopping the peppers. "Where's papa?", Theodore asked. "He's gone to see Mr. Albert sweet heart". The heavy rain caused a bit of flooding in the lower parts of the village and a few aged trees gave in, one almost on Mr. Alberts pig pen. "Good morning mama", she approached in her night gown "Good morning dear", she smiled. "Go change, there's a lot to be done today".
"How long do you think it'll take to clear this big old tree". "If some of the men help out it can be done today", Aquadius stood on the opposite side of the tree. " Well come on mate, my wife's making breakfast. After we eat we can get started", Albert gestured. "I'll eat back home, be back in about an hour". "Well.. okay". He left. As he passed the cottages on the flat the muddy water filled his boots again. It felt like he was standing in a bucket of ice.
"No. No. No! Back out with those", Malia scowled at Aquadius. The kids laughed while he removed the drenched boots. Theo continued eating his breakfast with giggle in his eyes. "Aren't you energetic this morning", wrapping his arms around her waist, kissing her rosy cheeks. "I'm always energetic", she smiled. She placed his breakfast on the table. A full plate of seasoned eggs, two uncut loaves of bread, a bowl of tomatoes, a glass of cows milk and a glass of water. "I'll be going back to Alberts in an hours time", he said with his mouth filled with eggs. "Is everything okay", she asked. "It's just a tree, it fell near his pig pen. I need to get some men to help us".
He finished his breakfast. With little Theo at his side, they cleared the light debris around the cottage. Of course Theo only made a bigger mess but Aquadius only smiled at his efforts. "You're holding the knife wrong sweet heart. Just stop thinking about cutting yourself and you won't". Malia placed her hands on top of hers and gently applied pressure to the onion. "See that wasn't hard", she smiled at her daughter. She was eleven years old with Theodore only four. They both had their fathers brown eyes and straight black hair. "Malia I'm heading back", he grabbed his axe. Theodore latched on his leg. "Can I come papa". To avoid a sour morning Malia intervened." Maybe next time sweet heart, come help mama", she held out her hand. He went to her with big teary eyes. He stood in the door staring at his pretty wife, his pouty faced son and his daughter who was struggling to cut onions. he smiled at them lovingly before leaving.
*Thirty five minutes later* There were about five other men including Aquadius and Albert cutting the tree. "That rain just cleared the suns eye", one of them said while carrying the chopped branches. "Yeah, the following days are going to be really hot", the other said. The sun finally stuck its head out from behind the fading clouds. In the next few minutes their shirts were drenched with sweat. "How's your boy Aquadius", Albert asked. "He's alright, little guy wanted to tag along today", he replied. "Well you got to teach him early you know", he continued chopping the branches. On the other side of the fallen tree Noah asked. "Hey Aquadius did the rain do any damage at your place?". "Not really". ~~ "Well you know if you ever need help with anything I can help you out", Noah added. The group started laughing loudly even Aquadius sprinkled a little humor . "The things we do for Mrs. Thumble's soup", Radcliff blurted out. "Don't be foolish Cliff, I was only offering my services", Noah defended. "Yeah! for soup", another wave of laughter followed.
"All jokes aside, she does make a damn good soup", Albert said. " Godsmacked, don't get me started on her sweet potato pie", Ismael said. "oh with the curdled cow cream on the side", Noah added like a happy school boy. "Okay okay quit talking about the mans wife pie", everyone submitted to laughter. He knew his wife was an amazing cook, well she was amazing at everything he thought. He couldn't help but feel a little jealous. "What about your wife Albert? does she make a good potato pie as well?", Ismael asked. Albert stared at Ismael's mocking face. "What's going to be really good is my foot up your ass", he replied pointing in Ismaels direction. Not even Aquadius could've held his laughter this time. The men roared causing a few heads to pock out their windows including Alberts wife jane. She was a short, red headed woman, plump from head to toe.
"I see you boys are having a good time", she said in her strong country accent. "Hi there Mrs. Jane", Radcliff waved. She waved back then went back in. "You little s**t, I'll kill all you f*ckers for making fun of my wife", he said while standing next to Aquadius. "Come on now chief, we were only having a little fun", Radcliff said choking on laughter. "You wanna have some fun huh, okay, how about you tell us what you made that little c**k eyed girl do to your butt behind your mommas house", Albert said in a fustrated humored voice. Every body stayed awkwardly silent. Two of the other men sat down quietly curious to hear his response. "Who's the c**k eyed girl?", Noah asked. "What did she do?".
"Been up to some blimey business eh ? Go on tell them what she did mate", Albert continued chopping. "Yeah Cliff, do tell", Noah said. "Okay okay! I told her to come see me when her peeps were asleep. Didn't thought she would but she did. She likes me you know. So we started doing some stuff, kissing and all that. Clothes started coming off. Before I knew it her knickers were on the ground mate. "Go on", Noah gestured. She had me remove my clothes and turned me around. I was a bit confused at first but she started rubbing and kissing on my back an bum. I won't lie, it felt nice. And that's she did it. I think she even licked her finger before she did it." "Oh mate", Noah said. The two men who were seated just shook their heads and heed their laughter. "See mate, I told you to stay away from that little duckling", Ismael pointed at him. "I like her", he defended. "Well if you like being finger f*cked in the ass, go ahead ", Ismael added. "Shut the hell up, you bloody f*cker", Radcliff responded annoyed. The group laughed until it became to painful to continue.