Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear
For all the thanks, it scarcely mattered; the board gave her issue as well. Huffing, ignoring the questions flickering around her, since they weren’t directed at her anyway, she went to retrieve a new board. There was no point leaving the rotted one there, and it would only give them future issues and problems further down the road. With the stature of a professional farmgirl, she used the back of her hammer to pry the decayed fixture away, watching it fall to pathetic pieces along the floor.
Thereafter, she could adhere the newest one, replacing in fluid motions. Working in silence, save for the crack and split of the timber, she then attempted what they’d been striving towards from the beginning. “There,” she announced, hoping that would seal the deal.
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Mabel replaces the rotten board with a new one, and attempts to nail things down properly this time.
Thereafter, she could adhere the newest one, replacing in fluid motions. Working in silence, save for the crack and split of the timber, she then attempted what they’d been striving towards from the beginning. “There,” she announced, hoping that would seal the deal.
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Mabel replaces the rotten board with a new one, and attempts to nail things down properly this time.
MABEL