Trapper Boy (2012)
“She smiled sadly as she watched Beth and JW walk away from the house.
“You’d better get some sleep, Andrew dear. You’ve only been down for a couple hours,” Mary said.
“I can’t sleep with thoughts of the boy going into that black hole. I keep hoping that work will somehow pick up, but it seems more likely it’ll just get worse. Is there any other way?”
“I wish I knew. I’d take in washing to do, but no one can afford to pay to have their laundry done. The few folks that can have live-i...ns. I can’t see any other way but for John Wallace to go to work. When are you gonna tell him?” Mary asked.
“I’m gonna keep drawing the pictures, and I’ll start telling him about how coal mining works, and we’ll see how it goes from there,” Andrew said. “You're right. I better try to get a few more hours sleep,”MoreLess
“You’d better get some sleep, Andrew dear. You’ve only been down for a couple hours,” Mary said.
“I can’t sleep with thoughts of the boy going into that black hole. I keep hoping that work will somehow pick up, but it seems more likely it’ll just get worse. Is there any other way?”
“I wish I knew. I’d take in washing to do, but no one can afford to pay to have their laundry done. The few folks that can have live-i...ns. I can’t see any other way but for John Wallace to go to work. When are you gonna tell him?” Mary asked.
“I’m gonna keep drawing the pictures, and I’ll start telling him about how coal mining works, and we’ll see how it goes from there,” Andrew said. “You're right. I better try to get a few more hours sleep,”MoreLess
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