14 --Ze Gift of Labour--
... i repeat... read 13 if u havent! Because if u dont, u wont know wat i'm writing here. There's further instructions there!
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I must say i was rather sore since that day i saw my uncle challenging me to his wild goose game. I was so nice as to oblige to his game! (ermm.. more for the spoils of war though) I'm sitting down in my run down living room, thrashing on my PS2 to while my time away, and to force my thought away from what quest awaits me when the first day of next month rolled around. Finally, it did rolled near, and Halo and his sidekick would arrive at my humble abbot briefly. My door buzzard buzzed and thats the sign of my quest to attain the loot that was promised to me! My mind just cant stop thinking of all the things i can do after i complete all this childish game of an old man! I let the duo in and they wasted no time in making themselves comfortable. For a moment there, i was pretty suprised at their adaptability to my living room, it was practically a villa for pest and germs but they took no mind and even looked pleased with the seats they've found.
"Good morning Pande. Nice to c u all zombiefied from full time gaming. I do hope u know what benefits that has to your already assertive nature." Halo implied with a weird english accent.
Of course i feel the freaking scorn that fills his speech. Though however disgusted i am with it, i came to get used to it, close to liking it i suspect. I dismissed his "gentlemanly" greeting with my "FINGER"! Yes.. u guessed it, its the universal sign where everyone knows it.
"Seriously, young man! You have never failed to entertain me with your uncouth actions. But can u think of something more advance than all this old school actions?" Halo said, while inspecting the room.
Alright, the last thing i want now is to throw a temper and debating with a veteran speechsmith would be the dumbest thing i've ever done, but the most enjoyable too.
"Can we just get on with it here?I've got THINGS to do and PEOPLE to see!" I waved at Halo with a bored gesture.
*GRINS* " Young man, i do anticipate you will have things to do and people to see, but it may not be exactly as u think."
Halo took a CD out and with a homely courtesy, slot it into the CD player that connects to my TV.
"ohhh... another dinosaur movie? I'm sick of it though, do u have anything where weeny and pussy meets? That would have thrilled me more so!" I exclaimed aloud on purpose. Halo made no motion to retal that and for the 1st time so long, i finally felt a sense of victory! When the Video CD played, as expected, it was my uncle there, still with his grin of confidence.
"Good morning Halo and Seraph. I thank you again for undertaking this pesky chore for me and i cant express how wonderfully grateful i am. As for u Pande, Lemme remind u that as long as u dont abide by the rules, u will not receive a single thing from me! Understood?"
I noticed Halo looking at me with a really smug grin on his face, i simply gave him my "finger" again. Simple!
The Old Goat Paused seemed to be remembering wat he wanted to say...and continued...
"Pande, when i was much younger than u are now, i learned the satisfaction that comes from simple four letter word... nono, it aint THAT four letter one u numbskull! I know what u're thinking sonny. Sorry to disappoint u but the humble four letter word is W-O-R-K. One of the things that saddedns me is that i've robbed you and the entire family of the privilege and satisfaction that comes from doing an honest's days work. Dont forget that its the process of getting the work done thats satisfying, not the fruit of labour!"
I sighz a deep sighz. Battered my eye lid at Halo and exclaimed in a squeky voice " OhhHhhh, now its work! Ohhh... how about i start brushing my teeth for the week? That is more than i can muster! Tsk tsk!"
As usual, the old goat seem to be able to read my every move... and in a deep commanding voice, he retorted "Now before u reject everything i'm gonna tell u, i want u to realize that work has brought me everything i have and everything that u have. I regret my actions of stealing the satisfaction from work from u. I dont blame u for not knowing the joy of reaping your grains."
"The old man is crazy as usual.. wats new? now wat? he wants me to clear his coffin for him?"
Halo shused me and with his commanding stare, forced me to continue listening to the nonsense the old goat has to say.
"I have prepared a letter outlining this entire situation to be sent to Lats Fabour. Halo has forwarded the letter to his farm. Lats will be expecting u 1st thing tomorrow. Thats all for now sonny, and dont forget the penalty if u are more trouble than your sorry hide worth!"
The screen went blank.
Going to a farm? Now this is fucked up madness! U might as well lock me up with the carnage of 2 military trained dobermans! Sending me to a farm is like... Sending me to my grave! Now am i suppose to be following The old goats foot steps into the earth?
"this is fucking ridiculous!" I shot at Halo angrily.
Halo returned a wanr smile and replied " Yes, yes.. yes... dealing with u can be trying, but there are somethings that has to be done. So do it and get it over with shall we? U want your war spoils dont u? I will see u in the airport at 6:45am in the morning."
...i want the war spoils. i want my freedom. Something tells me i'm stupid. Something inside me tells me to abide or i'm really stupid. Either way, wat i'm trying to say now is i'm stupid. With this in mind, i reluctantly asked in a defiant manner "Isnt there any later flights? thats awfully early isnt it'? Y, i havent slept that early since i 1st learned how to sing the national anthem!"
Halo sigh... looked around, headed for the door and exclaimed on the way " Well, yea, there is. But Lats Fabour isnt a man to be trifled with. he doesnt like to waste time u c. See u tomorrow."
With a thud on the closing door, Halo left, along with Seraph. I looked around my room... and said to myself.. "Now, where is my darn toothbrush?"
*THE NEXT MORNING*
zombified... dont remember anything... hailed a taxi... saw Halo.. seraph....... saw big breasted air stewardess... breakfast... ZzzZzzz... plane... Halo and Seraph took their assigned seat at the 1st class seatings... "I turned and asked Seraph "wheres my seat?"
Seraph looked at me sheepishly and answered "Oh... yours, its at the coach seating, a few aisle from here, here's your ticket."
I snatched it from her hands and stormed down the aisle with the meanest of moods. How could they treat me like a henchman! Fuck them... ANyway, i'm too tired to even think, might as well take the opportunity to lie down and die for a few hours....gawwddd, how i hate myself. My greed for the war spoils is the root of all this....zZzzzz... wateva...
When we got off the plane, Lats Fabour was there waiting. Lats exchanged warm handshakes with Halo and Seraph... but when he came to me.. he spoke gruffly "Your uncle was the best man i ever know, for the love of god, i dont see how the heck u're gonna live up to his name!"
What the fuck.. now this old horse is gonna get it from me... god damn it.. i'm already in a bad mood and i'm receiving this kinda nasty treatment, fuck it.. as i was about to open my dirty uncivilized mouth, Lats shot back at me in the usual stern voice...
"Sonny, why dont u go see if u can find all the luggage. Make yourself useful! Oh, meet us by the carpark!Be smart, read signs if u dont know the way!"
With that, the trio walked off... I was ignored.. stranded... and feeling really cold... and of course... hot with anger. I guess i've no choice but to do wat he says or i'm really gonna be stranded here alone.
A few moments later, i found all the F*uped heavy luggage and practically dragged them to the car park. A pick up truck, old with age and lots of hay at the back was waiting for us. I was hoping for at least a cadillac! Wasnt Lats a good friend and business partner of the old goat? Now this pick up truck belongs to the dumps man! i stood there.. feeling too stupid to move... til Lats, with his stern voice, came again...
"Well dont juz stand there, procrastination is a contagious virus sonny. Get the luggage to the back! And be quick about it!"
I was too tired to fight back... lack of sleep and lax of ego has rendered me numb. I loaded all the luggage and moved to the front of the pick up... and asked sheepishly "Where am i suppose to sit?"
Lats gave a quick glance around and at the back of his pick up and raved "For heavens sake, cant u see there's plenty of space for yer at the back? You can either ride in the back or walk. Either way, its all the same to me!"
To my horror, Lats started the pick up and started to drive away. I quickly scampered to the back juz in time to grasp onto the lever and climbed onto the back of the pickup... Phew... now i'm a worker.. great! This is simply lovely.. i gave a cynical smile to myself, or at least i think it is one...
The ride was bumpy. Apparently, Lats disregarded my existence at the back of the pickup for he is driving at mad speed. A speed thats far tooo fast for my taste at the back. I wanted to rest my swirling head but to no avail. Gawd, i'm miserable... After transversing what seemed to be endless hell and gravel road, Lats turned into a driveway that led to a distance. A huge ranch was visible and there hangs a sign reading: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again. That sign sent chills down my spine. Who in the hell of a maniac would hang that kinda threatening sign. I would have found it amusing though, but in my current condition, i think this is really scary.
Finally, the pick up stopped. I was led to a small room, and the next i knew, i lost consciousness to my weary carcass.
The next morning, Seraph and Halo enjoyed a huge breakfast with Lats without my knowledge... you see, i was stil in dreamland.
"well, i better go get sleeping pighead. This is going to be an intersting day. Real education if u know wat i mean!" Lats chuckled with glee.
I hear violent bangings on my door... then thunderous footsteps strode to my bed as i lay there.. half awake. A voice boomed "Boy, r u alive? You're sleeping the whole day away. Get dressed or i'll get the dogs in on u!"
I got up... feeling dead.. so very dead.. perhaps i'm dead... thats y i always tell The old goat, life in the farm is for the dead! I washed up wishywashily and made my way down for breakfast... i appeared dishveled, sleepy eyed and asked in a weak voice "May i have some breakfast please?"
Lats laughed heartily and boomed " Yes sireee, u may have some. First thing in the morning! Nobody leave my barnhouse hungry but there's nothing left as u can c, if u plan to sleep all day, i cant do much can i?"
I looked at the sky.. and replied in an alarming manner " BUT IT ISNT DAYLIGHT YET!!!"
Lats chuckled and replied "Wow, i didnt know u're that observant! Phew, and for a moment there, i thought i've to teach u everything sonny! Now get to the barn and find some workclothes! U have 5 minutes or your breafast will be your dinner"
I changed and we got on the pickup truck again. And yes, i'm still sitting at the back. *SOBZ*
Just as the sun was rising, Lats stopped at a remote corner or the ranch where a really big pile of fence post lay on the ground. Lats jumped off and screamed "Boy, get down from the back, i havent seen anyone has lazy as u in my whole life! What have u been doing all your sorry life?!"
Lats walked to the fence post lying on the ground and commanded "Welcome to fence 101!" Lats quickly showed me how to dig a post hole, set the post and string the wire in a straigh line. Lats made everything look like child's play...
While i was absorbed in what he was doing, a corner of my eye caught no glimpse of any end to the post...
"Now u try sonny, and be quick about it u hear?" Lats commanded.
I scurried and stumbled through the process comically...
"i'll send someone to pick u up for lucnh later. I want to see u stringing them with skill by then u hear?" Lats roared for the upteen time today.
As he started the engine... i started to be alarmed and called out " How far does this fence go?"
Lats chuckled his usual chuckle and replied "Dont worry sonny, it wont go for more than a mile or so, and then we'll head back. And dont worry about that, u will neva run out of anythings to do around here!" With that, the pickup left.
*The same toiling routine happened for 4 weeks*
Halo and Seraph returned to the city and back to the farm again 4 weeks later. Lats was there to pick them up.
"U came juz right in time matey, i'm sure u're interested to see how that fella has faired right? Between sunburn, blisters and heat exhaustion, it was a very close thing but i think u are in for a pleasant suprise." Lats chuckled with excitement.
Lats drove Halo and Seraph to me. I was still working on the post, but on a different area, Lats called this 110 post. In a distance, i saw the familiar glimpse of the familiar pickup. It stopped not far from me and out poped Halo and Seraph.
Apparently, i grinned... to their wide eyed surprise when they saw me. I was browned by the sun, lean from physical labour.
Halo took the initiative to break the ice " Young man, u planted the whole post yourself?" he seemed doubtful.
I gleamed as i replied in a haughty tone " U bet cha sir! Its straight too! U can check it like this.. make sure there isnt parallax error though...!" I was showing Halo that i'm really good at this, i cant help but feel proud of myself. I laid more than 5 miles of fence in a month, i'm God! I roxxors! Lats put his hand on my shoulder and talked to me with a soft tone for the 1st time in my 4 months with him " sonny, u turned out to be a great hand, i thought u were a good for nothing! If u can do this kind of lowly hard work and still feel proud, u can do practically anything with pride and quality! I think u've learned your lesson sonny! Now its time to go back to the city. Your uncle would be proud!"
I was of cuz shocked at this, i didnt expect to leave so fast, i was getting to enjoy this work life, i was even thinking of hitting 6miles for the next 4 weeks to break my record this month... though disappointed, i replied immediately " Aye sir, i only have a mile to go, y dont we leave in the morning?"
The next morning, Lats volunteered to accompany us(Halo andn Seraph and me) to the airport. This time, the familiart pick up wasnt in sight, but a shiny rolls royce. I rubbed my eyes and asked myself whether i'm hallucinating...high on weed maybe.. crack seems nice.. yumm...
Lats Laughed heartily at my actions and patted my back and exclaimed " I cant have one of my best hands rolling around the back of a truck with the luggage can i? I aint your uncles' best business partner for nothing sonny! Now, lets get u guys to the airport. Time is ticking!"
As i flew 30,000 feet above ground, i couldnt help but think of what Lats Fabour has taught me. I never knew working could be so fulfiling. Oh... wait, i finished the quest! Now ... my war spoils.... I slowly got off my coach seatings and stalked to the 1st class seatings... , a grin on my face... and i said aloud to myself..
"hrmm... i wonder if its an artifact... or perhaps a mountain of gold.. or perhaps a vault filled with gems..." *grins...*
to be continued... (Kenzoid enjoyed writing this whole story even though he's awake for more than a day)
He who loves his work never labours
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I must say i was rather sore since that day i saw my uncle challenging me to his wild goose game. I was so nice as to oblige to his game! (ermm.. more for the spoils of war though) I'm sitting down in my run down living room, thrashing on my PS2 to while my time away, and to force my thought away from what quest awaits me when the first day of next month rolled around. Finally, it did rolled near, and Halo and his sidekick would arrive at my humble abbot briefly. My door buzzard buzzed and thats the sign of my quest to attain the loot that was promised to me! My mind just cant stop thinking of all the things i can do after i complete all this childish game of an old man! I let the duo in and they wasted no time in making themselves comfortable. For a moment there, i was pretty suprised at their adaptability to my living room, it was practically a villa for pest and germs but they took no mind and even looked pleased with the seats they've found.
"Good morning Pande. Nice to c u all zombiefied from full time gaming. I do hope u know what benefits that has to your already assertive nature." Halo implied with a weird english accent.
Of course i feel the freaking scorn that fills his speech. Though however disgusted i am with it, i came to get used to it, close to liking it i suspect. I dismissed his "gentlemanly" greeting with my "FINGER"! Yes.. u guessed it, its the universal sign where everyone knows it.
"Seriously, young man! You have never failed to entertain me with your uncouth actions. But can u think of something more advance than all this old school actions?" Halo said, while inspecting the room.
Alright, the last thing i want now is to throw a temper and debating with a veteran speechsmith would be the dumbest thing i've ever done, but the most enjoyable too.
"Can we just get on with it here?I've got THINGS to do and PEOPLE to see!" I waved at Halo with a bored gesture.
*GRINS* " Young man, i do anticipate you will have things to do and people to see, but it may not be exactly as u think."
Halo took a CD out and with a homely courtesy, slot it into the CD player that connects to my TV.
"ohhh... another dinosaur movie? I'm sick of it though, do u have anything where weeny and pussy meets? That would have thrilled me more so!" I exclaimed aloud on purpose. Halo made no motion to retal that and for the 1st time so long, i finally felt a sense of victory! When the Video CD played, as expected, it was my uncle there, still with his grin of confidence.
"Good morning Halo and Seraph. I thank you again for undertaking this pesky chore for me and i cant express how wonderfully grateful i am. As for u Pande, Lemme remind u that as long as u dont abide by the rules, u will not receive a single thing from me! Understood?"
I noticed Halo looking at me with a really smug grin on his face, i simply gave him my "finger" again. Simple!
The Old Goat Paused seemed to be remembering wat he wanted to say...and continued...
"Pande, when i was much younger than u are now, i learned the satisfaction that comes from simple four letter word... nono, it aint THAT four letter one u numbskull! I know what u're thinking sonny. Sorry to disappoint u but the humble four letter word is W-O-R-K. One of the things that saddedns me is that i've robbed you and the entire family of the privilege and satisfaction that comes from doing an honest's days work. Dont forget that its the process of getting the work done thats satisfying, not the fruit of labour!"
I sighz a deep sighz. Battered my eye lid at Halo and exclaimed in a squeky voice " OhhHhhh, now its work! Ohhh... how about i start brushing my teeth for the week? That is more than i can muster! Tsk tsk!"
As usual, the old goat seem to be able to read my every move... and in a deep commanding voice, he retorted "Now before u reject everything i'm gonna tell u, i want u to realize that work has brought me everything i have and everything that u have. I regret my actions of stealing the satisfaction from work from u. I dont blame u for not knowing the joy of reaping your grains."
"The old man is crazy as usual.. wats new? now wat? he wants me to clear his coffin for him?"
Halo shused me and with his commanding stare, forced me to continue listening to the nonsense the old goat has to say.
"I have prepared a letter outlining this entire situation to be sent to Lats Fabour. Halo has forwarded the letter to his farm. Lats will be expecting u 1st thing tomorrow. Thats all for now sonny, and dont forget the penalty if u are more trouble than your sorry hide worth!"
The screen went blank.
Going to a farm? Now this is fucked up madness! U might as well lock me up with the carnage of 2 military trained dobermans! Sending me to a farm is like... Sending me to my grave! Now am i suppose to be following The old goats foot steps into the earth?
"this is fucking ridiculous!" I shot at Halo angrily.
Halo returned a wanr smile and replied " Yes, yes.. yes... dealing with u can be trying, but there are somethings that has to be done. So do it and get it over with shall we? U want your war spoils dont u? I will see u in the airport at 6:45am in the morning."
...i want the war spoils. i want my freedom. Something tells me i'm stupid. Something inside me tells me to abide or i'm really stupid. Either way, wat i'm trying to say now is i'm stupid. With this in mind, i reluctantly asked in a defiant manner "Isnt there any later flights? thats awfully early isnt it'? Y, i havent slept that early since i 1st learned how to sing the national anthem!"
Halo sigh... looked around, headed for the door and exclaimed on the way " Well, yea, there is. But Lats Fabour isnt a man to be trifled with. he doesnt like to waste time u c. See u tomorrow."
With a thud on the closing door, Halo left, along with Seraph. I looked around my room... and said to myself.. "Now, where is my darn toothbrush?"
*THE NEXT MORNING*
zombified... dont remember anything... hailed a taxi... saw Halo.. seraph....... saw big breasted air stewardess... breakfast... ZzzZzzz... plane... Halo and Seraph took their assigned seat at the 1st class seatings... "I turned and asked Seraph "wheres my seat?"
Seraph looked at me sheepishly and answered "Oh... yours, its at the coach seating, a few aisle from here, here's your ticket."
I snatched it from her hands and stormed down the aisle with the meanest of moods. How could they treat me like a henchman! Fuck them... ANyway, i'm too tired to even think, might as well take the opportunity to lie down and die for a few hours....gawwddd, how i hate myself. My greed for the war spoils is the root of all this....zZzzzz... wateva...
When we got off the plane, Lats Fabour was there waiting. Lats exchanged warm handshakes with Halo and Seraph... but when he came to me.. he spoke gruffly "Your uncle was the best man i ever know, for the love of god, i dont see how the heck u're gonna live up to his name!"
What the fuck.. now this old horse is gonna get it from me... god damn it.. i'm already in a bad mood and i'm receiving this kinda nasty treatment, fuck it.. as i was about to open my dirty uncivilized mouth, Lats shot back at me in the usual stern voice...
"Sonny, why dont u go see if u can find all the luggage. Make yourself useful! Oh, meet us by the carpark!Be smart, read signs if u dont know the way!"
With that, the trio walked off... I was ignored.. stranded... and feeling really cold... and of course... hot with anger. I guess i've no choice but to do wat he says or i'm really gonna be stranded here alone.
A few moments later, i found all the F*uped heavy luggage and practically dragged them to the car park. A pick up truck, old with age and lots of hay at the back was waiting for us. I was hoping for at least a cadillac! Wasnt Lats a good friend and business partner of the old goat? Now this pick up truck belongs to the dumps man! i stood there.. feeling too stupid to move... til Lats, with his stern voice, came again...
"Well dont juz stand there, procrastination is a contagious virus sonny. Get the luggage to the back! And be quick about it!"
I was too tired to fight back... lack of sleep and lax of ego has rendered me numb. I loaded all the luggage and moved to the front of the pick up... and asked sheepishly "Where am i suppose to sit?"
Lats gave a quick glance around and at the back of his pick up and raved "For heavens sake, cant u see there's plenty of space for yer at the back? You can either ride in the back or walk. Either way, its all the same to me!"
To my horror, Lats started the pick up and started to drive away. I quickly scampered to the back juz in time to grasp onto the lever and climbed onto the back of the pickup... Phew... now i'm a worker.. great! This is simply lovely.. i gave a cynical smile to myself, or at least i think it is one...
The ride was bumpy. Apparently, Lats disregarded my existence at the back of the pickup for he is driving at mad speed. A speed thats far tooo fast for my taste at the back. I wanted to rest my swirling head but to no avail. Gawd, i'm miserable... After transversing what seemed to be endless hell and gravel road, Lats turned into a driveway that led to a distance. A huge ranch was visible and there hangs a sign reading: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again. That sign sent chills down my spine. Who in the hell of a maniac would hang that kinda threatening sign. I would have found it amusing though, but in my current condition, i think this is really scary.
Finally, the pick up stopped. I was led to a small room, and the next i knew, i lost consciousness to my weary carcass.
The next morning, Seraph and Halo enjoyed a huge breakfast with Lats without my knowledge... you see, i was stil in dreamland.
"well, i better go get sleeping pighead. This is going to be an intersting day. Real education if u know wat i mean!" Lats chuckled with glee.
I hear violent bangings on my door... then thunderous footsteps strode to my bed as i lay there.. half awake. A voice boomed "Boy, r u alive? You're sleeping the whole day away. Get dressed or i'll get the dogs in on u!"
I got up... feeling dead.. so very dead.. perhaps i'm dead... thats y i always tell The old goat, life in the farm is for the dead! I washed up wishywashily and made my way down for breakfast... i appeared dishveled, sleepy eyed and asked in a weak voice "May i have some breakfast please?"
Lats laughed heartily and boomed " Yes sireee, u may have some. First thing in the morning! Nobody leave my barnhouse hungry but there's nothing left as u can c, if u plan to sleep all day, i cant do much can i?"
I looked at the sky.. and replied in an alarming manner " BUT IT ISNT DAYLIGHT YET!!!"
Lats chuckled and replied "Wow, i didnt know u're that observant! Phew, and for a moment there, i thought i've to teach u everything sonny! Now get to the barn and find some workclothes! U have 5 minutes or your breafast will be your dinner"
I changed and we got on the pickup truck again. And yes, i'm still sitting at the back. *SOBZ*
Just as the sun was rising, Lats stopped at a remote corner or the ranch where a really big pile of fence post lay on the ground. Lats jumped off and screamed "Boy, get down from the back, i havent seen anyone has lazy as u in my whole life! What have u been doing all your sorry life?!"
Lats walked to the fence post lying on the ground and commanded "Welcome to fence 101!" Lats quickly showed me how to dig a post hole, set the post and string the wire in a straigh line. Lats made everything look like child's play...
While i was absorbed in what he was doing, a corner of my eye caught no glimpse of any end to the post...
"Now u try sonny, and be quick about it u hear?" Lats commanded.
I scurried and stumbled through the process comically...
"i'll send someone to pick u up for lucnh later. I want to see u stringing them with skill by then u hear?" Lats roared for the upteen time today.
As he started the engine... i started to be alarmed and called out " How far does this fence go?"
Lats chuckled his usual chuckle and replied "Dont worry sonny, it wont go for more than a mile or so, and then we'll head back. And dont worry about that, u will neva run out of anythings to do around here!" With that, the pickup left.
*The same toiling routine happened for 4 weeks*
Halo and Seraph returned to the city and back to the farm again 4 weeks later. Lats was there to pick them up.
"U came juz right in time matey, i'm sure u're interested to see how that fella has faired right? Between sunburn, blisters and heat exhaustion, it was a very close thing but i think u are in for a pleasant suprise." Lats chuckled with excitement.
Lats drove Halo and Seraph to me. I was still working on the post, but on a different area, Lats called this 110 post. In a distance, i saw the familiar glimpse of the familiar pickup. It stopped not far from me and out poped Halo and Seraph.
Apparently, i grinned... to their wide eyed surprise when they saw me. I was browned by the sun, lean from physical labour.
Halo took the initiative to break the ice " Young man, u planted the whole post yourself?" he seemed doubtful.
I gleamed as i replied in a haughty tone " U bet cha sir! Its straight too! U can check it like this.. make sure there isnt parallax error though...!" I was showing Halo that i'm really good at this, i cant help but feel proud of myself. I laid more than 5 miles of fence in a month, i'm God! I roxxors! Lats put his hand on my shoulder and talked to me with a soft tone for the 1st time in my 4 months with him " sonny, u turned out to be a great hand, i thought u were a good for nothing! If u can do this kind of lowly hard work and still feel proud, u can do practically anything with pride and quality! I think u've learned your lesson sonny! Now its time to go back to the city. Your uncle would be proud!"
I was of cuz shocked at this, i didnt expect to leave so fast, i was getting to enjoy this work life, i was even thinking of hitting 6miles for the next 4 weeks to break my record this month... though disappointed, i replied immediately " Aye sir, i only have a mile to go, y dont we leave in the morning?"
The next morning, Lats volunteered to accompany us(Halo andn Seraph and me) to the airport. This time, the familiart pick up wasnt in sight, but a shiny rolls royce. I rubbed my eyes and asked myself whether i'm hallucinating...high on weed maybe.. crack seems nice.. yumm...
Lats Laughed heartily at my actions and patted my back and exclaimed " I cant have one of my best hands rolling around the back of a truck with the luggage can i? I aint your uncles' best business partner for nothing sonny! Now, lets get u guys to the airport. Time is ticking!"
As i flew 30,000 feet above ground, i couldnt help but think of what Lats Fabour has taught me. I never knew working could be so fulfiling. Oh... wait, i finished the quest! Now ... my war spoils.... I slowly got off my coach seatings and stalked to the 1st class seatings... , a grin on my face... and i said aloud to myself..
"hrmm... i wonder if its an artifact... or perhaps a mountain of gold.. or perhaps a vault filled with gems..." *grins...*
to be continued... (Kenzoid enjoyed writing this whole story even though he's awake for more than a day)
He who loves his work never labours
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