HOPING TO BE THE ONE TO WIN THE DOVE’S HEART. IT SEEMED HOWEVER THAT THE DOVE WAS IN LOVE WITH THEM BOTH, THAT THERE COULD NEVER BE A CHOICE BETWEEN THEM.
THE BLACK CROW YEARNED TO BE FREE OF THE TINY WOOD IN WHICH HE LIVED, WHEREAS THE MAGPIE WAS HAPPY TO STAY WHERE HE WAS, TO RAISE HIS OWN TINY MAGPIES THERE ONE DAY. THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE DECIDER FOR THE GOLD DOVE.
THE DOVE HAD DREAMS OF FREEDOM TOO BUT SHE’D NOT HAD THE HAPPIEST CHILDHOOD. THE DOVE’S MOTHER HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF HER LIFE FREQUENTLY AS THE DOVE GREW UP. OFTEN THE DOVE’S MOTHER WOULD LEAVE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME, NEVER WITH ANY FORM OF CONTACT WHILST SHE WAS AWAY. WHEN THE DOVE WAS SIXTEEN HER MOTHER DISAPPEARED AGAIN, THIS TIME, NEVER TO RETURN.
THE CROW RECOGNISED THAT THE DOVE NEEDED STABILITY AND THAT HE COULD NEVER GIVE HER THAT. HE WAS YOUNG AND IMPETUOUS. HE DRANK AND SMOKED AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE DOVE WAS WITH HIM SHE SMOKED TOO. SHE WAS YOUNG AND INNOCENT AND HE WANTED HER TO STAY THAT WAY. HE KNEW THAT WITH HIM SHE WOULD ONLY END UP GOING DOWN A DARK PATH. HE BORED EASILY AND THE THOUGHT OF SETTLING IN ONE PLACE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE SCARED HIM. HE WANTED TO TRAVEL THE WORLD AND NEVER PUT DOWN ROOTS. HE KNEW THAT IF HE ASKED THE DOVE TO COME WITH HIM, SHE PROBABLY WOULD BUT THAT SHE WOULD MISS OUT ON THE CONSTANCY AND PERMANENCE SHE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED.
THE CROW KNEW HIS BROTHER, THE MAGPIE, LOVED THE DOVE AS MUCH AS HE DID AND HE COULDN’T BEAR TO HURT HIS BROTHER BY TAKING THE DOVE WITH HIM. SO THE CROW LEFT THE TINY WOOD TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IN THE WIDER WORLD, LEAVING THE DOVE IN THE SAFE, PROTECTIVE
HANDS
WINGS OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
WHEN THE CROW RETURNED, AS HE HAD FORESEEN, THE MAGPIE AND THE DOVE WERE HAPPILY MARRIED AND APART FROM THE HUGE ACHE IN HIS HEART, THE CROW KNEW ALL WAS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS THE MAGPIE AND DOVE LIVED THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTERS, COMPLETELY IN LOVE, WHILST THE CROW TRAVELLED THE WORLD, MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS AND TRIED TO FORGET WHERE HIS HEART LAY BY SPENDING TIME WITH LOTS OF OTHER VERY PRETTY FEMALE BIRDS.
THEN DISASTER STRUCK. ONE COLD WINTER WHEN THE CROW WAS BACK IN THE TINY WOOD VISITING HIS BROTHER AND THE DOVE, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WHICH ENDED THE LIFE OF THE MAGPIE.
INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO HIS LIFE OF FUN AND FROLICS AFTER THE FUNERAL, THE CROW STAYED TO TEND TO THE BROKEN HEART OF THE DOVE. HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD WILLINGLY GIVE UP THAT LIFE TO STAY BY THE DOVE’S SIDE FOREVER. HE LOVED HER, HAD ALWAYS LOVED HER AND WHEREVER SHE WAS WOULD NOW BE HIS HOME. IT SEEMED THAT THE DOVE RETURNED THESE FEELINGS, THAT BEING MARRIED TO HIS BROTHER HAD NEVER DIMINISHED THE LOVE SHE FELT FOR HIM.
SUDDENLY, JUST SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE MAGPIE, THE CROW FLEES BACK TO HIS FORMER LIFE. THOUGH HE STILL LOVES THE DOVE AND THE DOVE LOVES HIM, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS HOLDING THE YOUNG LOVEBIRDS BACK.
IT IS NOW TWO YEARS AFTER THE MAGPIE HAS DIED AND THE LOVEBIRDS ARE STILL UNABLE TO TAKE THAT FINAL STEP. WILL THEY EVER BE TOGETHER OR ARE THEY DESTINED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES ALONE, NEVER FILLING THE GAP THAT HAS BEEN LEFT IN THEIR HEARTS?
SHIT, ANNIE, I’M SORRY, I NEVER MEANT TO MAKE YOU CRY.
TUESDAY:
I FEEL AWFUL, I’M SO SORRY ANNIE, I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT YOU. PLEASE ANSWER YOUR DOOR.
I’ve been at The Painted Plate all day today, my pottery painting studio. I’m fine. I’m having an early night as I’m getting up early tomorrow to drive to Tenby so I probably won’t see you again before you leave. Take Care.
Annie x
YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT FINE. LOOK ONE NIGHT ME AND OLLY GOT REALLY DRUNK AND HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING. I THOUGHT YOU KNEW ALL THIS, THAT HE LOVES YOU COMPLETELY AND ALWAYS HAS. I THOUGHT THE ONLY THING HOLDING YOU BACK WAS THAT YOU WEREN’T READY AFTER NICK DIED. BUT THEN I READ THIS THING WITH BARNEY AND THAT YOU ARE GOING OFF TO PLAY WITH SOME FIT GARDENER CALLED CONNOR AND IT’S CLEAR YOU
THE BLACK CROW YEARNED TO BE FREE OF THE TINY WOOD IN WHICH HE LIVED, WHEREAS THE MAGPIE WAS HAPPY TO STAY WHERE HE WAS, TO RAISE HIS OWN TINY MAGPIES THERE ONE DAY. THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE DECIDER FOR THE GOLD DOVE.
THE DOVE HAD DREAMS OF FREEDOM TOO BUT SHE’D NOT HAD THE HAPPIEST CHILDHOOD. THE DOVE’S MOTHER HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF HER LIFE FREQUENTLY AS THE DOVE GREW UP. OFTEN THE DOVE’S MOTHER WOULD LEAVE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME, NEVER WITH ANY FORM OF CONTACT WHILST SHE WAS AWAY. WHEN THE DOVE WAS SIXTEEN HER MOTHER DISAPPEARED AGAIN, THIS TIME, NEVER TO RETURN.
THE CROW RECOGNISED THAT THE DOVE NEEDED STABILITY AND THAT HE COULD NEVER GIVE HER THAT. HE WAS YOUNG AND IMPETUOUS. HE DRANK AND SMOKED AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE DOVE WAS WITH HIM SHE SMOKED TOO. SHE WAS YOUNG AND INNOCENT AND HE WANTED HER TO STAY THAT WAY. HE KNEW THAT WITH HIM SHE WOULD ONLY END UP GOING DOWN A DARK PATH. HE BORED EASILY AND THE THOUGHT OF SETTLING IN ONE PLACE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE SCARED HIM. HE WANTED TO TRAVEL THE WORLD AND NEVER PUT DOWN ROOTS. HE KNEW THAT IF HE ASKED THE DOVE TO COME WITH HIM, SHE PROBABLY WOULD BUT THAT SHE WOULD MISS OUT ON THE CONSTANCY AND PERMANENCE SHE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED.
THE CROW KNEW HIS BROTHER, THE MAGPIE, LOVED THE DOVE AS MUCH AS HE DID AND HE COULDN’T BEAR TO HURT HIS BROTHER BY TAKING THE DOVE WITH HIM. SO THE CROW LEFT THE TINY WOOD TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IN THE WIDER WORLD, LEAVING THE DOVE IN THE SAFE, PROTECTIVE
HANDS
WINGS OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
WHEN THE CROW RETURNED, AS HE HAD FORESEEN, THE MAGPIE AND THE DOVE WERE HAPPILY MARRIED AND APART FROM THE HUGE ACHE IN HIS HEART, THE CROW KNEW ALL WAS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS THE MAGPIE AND DOVE LIVED THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTERS, COMPLETELY IN LOVE, WHILST THE CROW TRAVELLED THE WORLD, MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS AND TRIED TO FORGET WHERE HIS HEART LAY BY SPENDING TIME WITH LOTS OF OTHER VERY PRETTY FEMALE BIRDS.
THEN DISASTER STRUCK. ONE COLD WINTER WHEN THE CROW WAS BACK IN THE TINY WOOD VISITING HIS BROTHER AND THE DOVE, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WHICH ENDED THE LIFE OF THE MAGPIE.
INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO HIS LIFE OF FUN AND FROLICS AFTER THE FUNERAL, THE CROW STAYED TO TEND TO THE BROKEN HEART OF THE DOVE. HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD WILLINGLY GIVE UP THAT LIFE TO STAY BY THE DOVE’S SIDE FOREVER. HE LOVED HER, HAD ALWAYS LOVED HER AND WHEREVER SHE WAS WOULD NOW BE HIS HOME. IT SEEMED THAT THE DOVE RETURNED THESE FEELINGS, THAT BEING MARRIED TO HIS BROTHER HAD NEVER DIMINISHED THE LOVE SHE FELT FOR HIM.
SUDDENLY, JUST SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE MAGPIE, THE CROW FLEES BACK TO HIS FORMER LIFE. THOUGH HE STILL LOVES THE DOVE AND THE DOVE LOVES HIM, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS HOLDING THE YOUNG LOVEBIRDS BACK.
IT IS NOW TWO YEARS AFTER THE MAGPIE HAS DIED AND THE LOVEBIRDS ARE STILL UNABLE TO TAKE THAT FINAL STEP. WILL THEY EVER BE TOGETHER OR ARE THEY DESTINED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES ALONE, NEVER FILLING THE GAP THAT HAS BEEN LEFT IN THEIR HEARTS?
SHIT, ANNIE, I’M SORRY, I NEVER MEANT TO MAKE YOU CRY.
TUESDAY:
I FEEL AWFUL, I’M SO SORRY ANNIE, I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT YOU. PLEASE ANSWER YOUR DOOR.
I’ve been at The Painted Plate all day today, my pottery painting studio. I’m fine. I’m having an early night as I’m getting up early tomorrow to drive to Tenby so I probably won’t see you again before you leave. Take Care.
Annie x
YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT FINE. LOOK ONE NIGHT ME AND OLLY GOT REALLY DRUNK AND HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING. I THOUGHT YOU KNEW ALL THIS, THAT HE LOVES YOU COMPLETELY AND ALWAYS HAS. I THOUGHT THE ONLY THING HOLDING YOU BACK WAS THAT YOU WEREN’T READY AFTER NICK DIED. BUT THEN I READ THIS THING WITH BARNEY AND THAT YOU ARE GOING OFF TO PLAY WITH SOME FIT GARDENER CALLED CONNOR AND IT’S CLEAR YOU
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