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his hair.
    Grabbing a soda out from the refrigerator replying, “My hair is fine maw”.
Heading back outside, as she yelled to him, “Gee Seth are you in there? Because I don’t know
what color your eyes are anymore?”
From outside,
“Brown maw, dark brown”, yelled Seth hammering away.
Ella smiled as Brenda said, “Sugar I know he is under all that hippy hair and lays his pretty
browns”.
“He is a very tall young boy”.
    Putting vegetables into the big kettle now and stirring the food that was cooking Brenda said,
“Yep tall and lanky”, as she smiled.
Closing the kettle lid Brenda remarked, “Well hard part of dinner is over just has to come to a
boil”.
    Then coming back to the long wooden table sitting down, giving a large smile she said, “Let’s
chat”.
Glancing out the back screen door, Ella asked, “Has Seth ever fought in the bar?”
“Yes he sure has dear, I don’t like fighting at all”, frowning Ella’s eyes got big.
“With the bar Ella it’s a given trouble will arise”.
“Wow”.
“Was it bad because he is so young?”
Putting her one hand against her face, Brenda said, “Oh yes there were a few incidents that
involved Seth sad to say”. Curious, Ella sat quietly and listening.
Making a squinting face Brenda said, “Some were awfully bloody, it’s a given because my boys
just don’t give up”.
Ella’s eyes are big as they could get, “My boys will honestly stand taking a beating before ever
giving up, pure pig headed”, shaking her head, Ella put her hand up by her face saying, “Woe”.
“Seth did not start them or planned on it either”.
     
“Wow you must have hated seeing him fight”, remarked Ella interested.
    Putting her hands up and motioning across the kitchen Brenda said, “I walked right out of the
bar, was gone”.
Getting up from the table, Brenda went and got Ella a soda, as she made herself a cup of coffee.
Ella thanked her, “You’re very welcome”, said Brenda holding a coffee mug.
    She sat back down by the table taking a sip of her coffee, shrugging and making an awful face
about fighting.
“He won them, right?” Ella asked very curious.
“Oh yes, of course after some time with a few”.
Taking a sip of her pop, “How terrible”, said Ella expressionless?
“Yes I leave the bar very fast if a bad fight happens with one of my boys, I just can’t handle
watching their face get punched”. Ella shrugs, as Brenda continued about her boys.
“Seth was just three his paw bought him a pair of boxing gloves, because that boy always had his
little fist clenched”.
    Brenda was smiling as Ella did too, Brenda then said, “Ella we come from Kentucky good old
fellows and my youngest Seth was enrolled in karate at four years old”.
Ella giggled as Brenda talked away, “Shoot from young on them stubborn boys done the
unthinkable”.
“From young on they have hunted and doing everything on our farm”.
    Ella listened and Brenda continued, “The boys drove our tractors plowing the field, shoot even
playing a game of chicken on tractors”. Ella wide-eyed, “Aw they wrecked a few times”,
remarked Brenda sipping on her coffee.
“Yep, Saul had a broken arm over one bad wreck, gave Shane a black eye over it”.
    Listening wanting to know about Saul when getting up from the chair now Brenda went over by
the stove turning the flame low under the big kettle that was cooking on the stove.
“My stew smells kind of good”. Smiling Ella added, “Yes it sure does”.
    Brenda now grabbed a plate of homemade cookies from the counter before she come sitting
back down.
She told Ella, “Help yourself”, Ella took a cookie and said, “Oh these smell real good”, taking a
bite.
“Yeah I mix peanut butter in the batter”.
    Ella smiled eating a good tasting cookie; Brenda grabbed one and continued on telling Ella a
little about their family.
“Very heavy and hard things they done and liked too, because they are true boys, alright”.
Ella

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