So, the other week I decided to tackle the holly tree in the back garden. It was really overgrown and was pushing on my shed so I thought "that's it - it has to come down".
My next door neighbour came round and offered to help, so we put together my new electric chainsaw and he lopped off great hunks of tree, until it no longer pushed on my shed.
Then he offered to chop down the plum tree at the bottom of the garden - something I had been meaning to do for a loooonnnngggg time!
In return, I decided to have a barbecue to thank him for his help, so My wife and I went out and got in the supplies and we had a very nice afternoon eating and drinking.
The afternoon turned into evening and I decided to ask about the old couple again and got a very surprising piece of news. Again, I didn't mention what I had seen, but I asked if the old couple had had any children.
Yes, my neighbours replied, they recalled that the old lady had told them she had a son.
But he had died in childhood.
Still, I've got a lovely pile of logs for the fire, come winter.
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