“It was a time of year I dreaded. There was always so much work to be done. Bloody and dirty work, which often involved getting up before it was light. Shearing, lambing and calving, then lamb-marking, followed by hay-making from late November through January. So it was a great shock when my father asked my mother to give a hand over in the woolshed when the shearers were due and she refused. It shouldn’t have been such a surprise. She’d been showing less and less inclination to help out since ...she’d developed her other interests. ‘Well, if you won’t help, then I’ll have to hire someone who will,’ my father fumed. ‘And pay them.’ ‘That’s a good idea,’ my mother replied. My father stared at her angrily. ‘You’ll have to cook meat for a worker, lots of it … and clean up after him… ‘ My father began scrambling to think of other drawbacks. ‘That’s alright. I have to do that for you anyway. One more won’t make such a difference,’ my mother responded coolly.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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