Then E Vaughan. He unwraps and tosses a potay—it lands with a thud. I go and get more wood from the creek bed. Patrick helps, drags back a cedar. E Vaughan is working on the tractor. Will it start?
Putt, putt, huff, huff...
"Come on, baby!"
"Now we have liftoff!"
"Don't start counting your chickens yet."
Patrick saws. B offers up the last two cinnamon rolls. Bucky and Sarah are down, getting their stuff together. There was a day, down here, the first Sunday, when we were eager for getaway....
E Vaughan backs the tractor up the hill...
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