05-13-2022, 10:18 PM
Working? Working? Even from an age young that he should have been playing outside and getting dirty and having fun? Mable was disgusted. She was quiet up until the moment she was splashed again, shouting cheerfully, but went silent again. She was steeling herself for a necessary and worthy sacrifice.
"Father Brennan," she said seriously, urging the man to stop, "not knowing how to climb a tree is a very tragic thing, do you understand? But it's okay, because I would like to offer to be your teacher. Father Brennan..."
Mable held out her other hand, palm up, and looked into dark brown eyes very sincerely. And yet, she couldn't help the smallest of smiles. Hopefully the man couldn't see it in the darkness, and wouldn't suspect anything...
"Do you trust me, Father?"
"Father Brennan," she said seriously, urging the man to stop, "not knowing how to climb a tree is a very tragic thing, do you understand? But it's okay, because I would like to offer to be your teacher. Father Brennan..."
Mable held out her other hand, palm up, and looked into dark brown eyes very sincerely. And yet, she couldn't help the smallest of smiles. Hopefully the man couldn't see it in the darkness, and wouldn't suspect anything...
"Do you trust me, Father?"
