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piosenniel · 07-06-2005, 06:32 PM

Cook and Hanson

Cook was humming along with the music from the common room. Gil and his boys were in good form, though she noted a number of the songs had to do with love, finding love, true love and such. Not the usual songs of drinking and good times she was used to hearing from them at the Inn. ‘I should just see what’s got young master Gil in such a mood,’ she thought to herself. ‘Not like him to be going on so.’

She gave the four big bowls of bread dough a punch down and covered each with a clean towel. One by one she carried them to the cool part of the pantry to rise slowly overnight.

The door to the kitchen banged open just as she was washing up from the bread making. Little Hanson strode in, grinning from ear to ear, a twinkle in his eye. The little scamp wanted something! And there with him was his brother Woody, looking rather exasperated. Behind him stood two of the Big Folk children, skinny little things by her reckoning. Why the young girl looked like she’d blow away in a soft breeze!

She put on her sternest face and drawing her short frame up as tall as she might, she looked down at Hanson. ‘Yes, young Master Boffin? And what are you wanting this time?’ Try as she might, she could not keep the glint of amusement from her eyes, nor the twitch of a barely suppressed laugh from the corner of her lips.

07-06-2005, 06:32 PM	#2072
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Cook and Hanson Cook was humming along with the music from the common room. Gil and his boys were in good form, though she noted a number of the songs had to do with love, finding love, true love and such. Not the usual songs of drinking and good times she was used to hearing from them at the Inn. ‘I should just see what’s got young master Gil in such a mood,’ she thought to herself. ‘Not like him to be going on so.’ She gave the four big bowls of bread dough a punch down and covered each with a clean towel. One by one she carried them to the cool part of the pantry to rise slowly overnight. The door to the kitchen banged open just as she was washing up from the bread making. Little Hanson strode in, grinning from ear to ear, a twinkle in his eye. The little scamp wanted something! And there with him was his brother Woody, looking rather exasperated. Behind him stood two of the Big Folk children, skinny little things by her reckoning. Why the young girl looked like she’d blow away in a soft breeze! She put on her sternest face and drawing her short frame up as tall as she might, she looked down at Hanson. ‘Yes, young Master Boffin? And what are you wanting this time?’ Try as she might, she could not keep the glint of amusement from her eyes, nor the twitch of a barely suppressed laugh from the corner of her lips. Last edited by piosenniel; 07-06-2005 at 07:01 PM.