A Difficult Boy (2008)
“Silas asked his father at breakfast.
“Why?” Mr. Lyman responded.
“Ivy needs shoeing, and I thought he could go to the farrier’s with Paddy.”
Mr. Lyman set his coffee down and raked a glance across the two boys at the end of the table.
Ethan and Daniel kept their heads bent over their meal. Ethan’s eyes darted to the side, and Daniel’s did the same. Their glances met with a flicker of raised eyebrows.
“Why send two boys on an errand that takes only one?” Mr. Lyman asked.
“I thought Paddy could s...how Ethan a little about managing the horse.”
A hopeful flutter quivered around Ethan’s heart at the thought of tending Ivy, of wooing her into murmuring her mysterious love-noises to him, the way she did for Daniel. He bit the inside of his mouth to keep from smiling. Best to keep still. Mr. Lyman hadn’t said yes yet.
The storekeeper nodded. “Good idea. Then the next time you can send the younger one alone. No point in losing half a day’s work from the bigger lad on a chore the little one can do.”MoreLess
“Why?” Mr. Lyman responded.
“Ivy needs shoeing, and I thought he could go to the farrier’s with Paddy.”
Mr. Lyman set his coffee down and raked a glance across the two boys at the end of the table.
Ethan and Daniel kept their heads bent over their meal. Ethan’s eyes darted to the side, and Daniel’s did the same. Their glances met with a flicker of raised eyebrows.
“Why send two boys on an errand that takes only one?” Mr. Lyman asked.
“I thought Paddy could s...how Ethan a little about managing the horse.”
A hopeful flutter quivered around Ethan’s heart at the thought of tending Ivy, of wooing her into murmuring her mysterious love-noises to him, the way she did for Daniel. He bit the inside of his mouth to keep from smiling. Best to keep still. Mr. Lyman hadn’t said yes yet.
The storekeeper nodded. “Good idea. Then the next time you can send the younger one alone. No point in losing half a day’s work from the bigger lad on a chore the little one can do.”MoreLess
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