Sweetsmoke
“Groomsmen, brought up from the barns to tend sheep and cows, idled on the far side of the meadow in shade as the livestock shifted and grazed in the sun.
Cassius had been sorry to see Joseph return to the fields.
He noticed a crossbar on the fence that hung lower than the others, and he felt with his hand and knew that one of his crew had driven nails that had missed the vertical stake. The wood was held in place by one nail. Cassius propped the crossbar with a piece of scrap wood, dropped ...to his knees, and rolled himself carefully over onto his back, gently and slowly sliding over the grass under the bar, nails in his mouth, hammer in his hand. He babied his back into position and drove nails in. Points of grass stuck into him through his shirt, pricked his neck and the back of his head, and the rough underside of wide grass blades scraped the soft skin behind his ears. He came carefully out from under the fence to discover someone standing over him. Cassius rose quickly to his feet, hammer in his fist, without concern for his back which chafed hard against his shirt.MoreLess
Cassius had been sorry to see Joseph return to the fields.
He noticed a crossbar on the fence that hung lower than the others, and he felt with his hand and knew that one of his crew had driven nails that had missed the vertical stake. The wood was held in place by one nail. Cassius propped the crossbar with a piece of scrap wood, dropped ...to his knees, and rolled himself carefully over onto his back, gently and slowly sliding over the grass under the bar, nails in his mouth, hammer in his hand. He babied his back into position and drove nails in. Points of grass stuck into him through his shirt, pricked his neck and the back of his head, and the rough underside of wide grass blades scraped the soft skin behind his ears. He came carefully out from under the fence to discover someone standing over him. Cassius rose quickly to his feet, hammer in his fist, without concern for his back which chafed hard against his shirt.MoreLess
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