Notes of a Farm Hand (Roddy MacPherson)

[Sir_Carnifex]

As I finished off the chors for the nite the thawt just came to me I've been working at this here farm for five years now. A wunder them years did fly by just like a day or so, but old Mister Jorn was right kind to take me on bak then and I sure didn't give him a thing to regret.

Mister Jorn took on a new hand and he ain't looking none too good right now. He messed up the milking of the cows and everything. I ain't had near as much work in the past years as this one gives to me day by day. Cawt him the other day feeding the otes to the cows and the hay to the Mr. Ned and giving the seeds for the feeld to the chickens and braking tools. Jorn says hed learn good and proper but I ain't seen much better from him than when he done start here.

I needs to git up arly toomaro so I can git the cows milked and all the chors dun and all. I gots to keep me eyes on Willie too.

[Sir_Carnifex]

As I was getting my boots on this mornin Mister Jorn says I needed to ferget the farm work cuz the wolfs was eeting his chickins again. Says the men he hired don't bring enuff back and that I needed to do it some. So I went out and killed me some wolfs and brawt them back to Mister Jorn. I got a good number of them wolfs and I was in a hurry to bring them back to him, I clean didn't pay no attenshin to a girl what waved at me wile I rushed on by. I felt gilty not even stoppin to wave back so I went on back to say sarry and such and she didn't say a word back. Turns out she was named Sessa and she can't talk none for sum reasin but I ain't holdin it ginst her for that. I felt pity she ain't got a home and maybe Jorn wood take her in like he does sometime for a night and give her a propper meel so I talked to him and he says yes so now shes under a roof no less and got a good meel. I even showed her how sum things werk on a farm and all and she was reel intristed. Least ways out here she got dirt to rite in and she ain't got that in the sitty. A shame I had to werk late nite becuz of Willie but Jorn needed the werk dun and now I have to sleep some becuz Mister Jorn wants me to git supplys fer him toomarro.

[Sir_Carnifex]

Today Willie and me set off to git Mr. Jorns tools he got from Baragawst. Willies girl come along too and she ain't what I call a proper girl carin weapons and such. Seems kinda strang fer a girl to do but thats Willies problim and not mine and she seems nice enuff too. We got to town alrite and evrything and got tools and set back. But was we suprised win we got back all the feelds was burning and peeple was standing round talkin. Somebuddy burned poor Mister Jorns crops and Willie and me was mad about it but the Fist says we got paid fer it even tho I don't see enny pay noware. And evrybuddy thawt they saw sum dragon but only fer a short time and it was just seen things becuz all the tenshin in the air.

Mister Jorn, Willie, me, and Connor gots lots of werk to do now and all the rest of the hands to. And Sessa will be runnin scared now but Willies girl says she stays. I been on this farm all these years an strang things happin but nuthin worse then this yet.

[Sir_Carnifex]

Anuther day passed and now the Fist was talking to peeple round here and turns out one was threatinin Sessa fer sum reasin. He accused her of steeling and I didn't like that and neether did the Fist so he and me told him to git lawst.

And then wunce they was gawn sum sitty boy come along and grabbed her and she was to trustin to do ennything about it. So I socked him wun in the jaw and he went running off. I ain't gonna let ennyone try to hert her with her unable to defend herself and all. Seems they all wanna take her in cuz of her nyeevity and I won't let that happin none.

Syl says she likes me but I'm just been nice to her wut I woulda done fer ennyone wut needed help. I wunder how long Mister Jorn will keep her heer fer free.

After I gots rid of the man, I desided I needed to help Mister Jorn with them wolfs agen so I set out and found sum around the caves. I thawt maybe them wolfs came from thare and I went inside to see and soom thugs jumped me. I came out fine and they didn't none, but I ain't wonting to go in thare agen. Wich reminds me Syl took Sessa on some trip and made her go in a cave and git in trubble and I won't let that happen agen so long I'm heer.

[Sir_Carnifex]

Seems sumthing is allways happining around here lately. Just yesterday Willie and me caught sum elf girl trying to freez the shrine to Chauntea so we run after her. Willie grabbed a rake and hit her with it and I wouldnt a dun that but she kept running so I chased her. She didn't git far and I cawt her easy but she tried chilling me or sumthing becuz I got cold so I lashed out and hit her on the jaw and she flopped down. I didn't mean to hert her but it wuz just a reactshin. I caried her bak to the farm and Willie and a cupple of wachers come to see. She wuz suprised we wasn't mad at her and she sed she wuz sarry and that wuz the end of it.

Then along come to uthers and one Willie and me wuz teezing and he seemed uncumfertible and I saw Lizzie's aygs next to the hay bale. I don't like cawsing trubble but I coodn't resist and I give him a frendly slap that made him fall on the aygs. It was reel funny win he went to wawsh up at the well and a snapping beetel got in his cloths. He wuz running round til he got it out and then he stepped in a cow mess. I allmost felt sarry for him but it was to funny to. After he left we all had a big laph abowt it.

[Sir_Carnifex]

That sitty boy come along agen he wuz hitting on anuther persin and I cood tell she didnt like it a bit. He calls hisself Darryis and he tried making fun of farmers this time and I wusn't gunna let him do that. I allmost nocked him flat but Sessa come along and stopped me. I don't no wy she wonts to keep him frum gitting wut he needs but I let him go. I wuz gunna tawss him in the rivver but he skweeled and wined alot and I just dropped him on the rode and left him. He looked reel scared and that made it werthwile. Sumday she won't be thare to stop me and he won't git away.