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their old barn needs some work, and I

want you to fix it up.”

As we finished for the day, I

grabbed a piece of paper and a pen

from my pickup and wrote a list of

everything Brenda wanted me to do.

There were barns to repair, hay to

haul when needed, and lots of fences

to fix. Those things, along with the

feeding, would be enough to

continually keep me busy.

For the next few weeks

everything went well. Brenda joined

me on the weekend and often found

more things she wanted to have done.

She brought me lots of old tin, nails,

and other things to use in repairing

the sheds. One weekend she showed

up with rolls of old, used net wire. I

spent most of that day trying to

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