We'd got half way up
the Downs she talking
of certain flowers and
butterflies that had
passed us fluttering by
and we rested by the
large hollow tree and
she said shall we go
inside it's large enough
for us and more? I said
ok and we did we climbed
inside the big hollow
tree and it was like a
largish room a hole in
the side of the tree acted
as a door and a small hole
acted as a window nature's
little lodgings she said and
we sat back on the inner
parts of the tree and there
was a little ledge like a seat
for two and we sat there
and she said I think it's
lovely this yes it is I said
-and was glad Lizbeth never
knew of this or she'd have
drawn me in and wanted
somehow to have said
about having *** Jane
was content to just be there
sharing a bit of nature and
being with me and she said
Daddy showed me this
when I was little and I was
amazed and thought fairies
came here and hollowed it
out I smiled and thought
Lizbeth would never have
thought that and I doubted
her father would have bothered
to show her anything makes
it so homely Jane said fancy
living here and coming back
here after a day's work and
having no place to wash or
bath and she laughed and I
loved that aspect of her that
innocence that being part of
what was natural and I wanted
to kiss her and hug her but I
didn't we just sat there sharing
the hollow tree just Jane and me.
Jun 21, 2015
Jun 21, 2015 at 1:42 AM UTC
We'd got half way up
the Downs she talking
of certain flowers and
butterflies that had
passed us fluttering by
and we rested by the
large hollow tree and
she said shall we go
inside it's large enough
for us and more? I said
ok and we did we climbed
inside the big hollow
tree and it was like a
largish room a hole in
the side of the tree acted
as a door and a small hole
acted as a window nature's
little lodgings she said and
we sat back on the inner
parts of the tree and there
was a little ledge like a seat
for two and we sat there
and she said I think it's
lovely this yes it is I said
-and was glad Lizbeth never
knew of this or she'd have
drawn me in and wanted
somehow to have said
about having *** Jane
was content to just be there
sharing a bit of nature and
being with me and she said
Daddy showed me this
when I was little and I was
amazed and thought fairies
came here and hollowed it
out I smiled and thought
Lizbeth would never have
thought that and I doubted
her father would have bothered
to show her anything makes
it so homely Jane said fancy
living here and coming back
here after a day's work and
having no place to wash or
bath and she laughed and I
loved that aspect of her that
innocence that being part of
what was natural and I wanted
to kiss her and hug her but I
didn't we just sat there sharing
the hollow tree just Jane and me.
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