#leaf valley

Plop. Plop. Plop. Plop. Plop. Plop. Plop.

“...........”

He only had a matter of minutes to patch up the hole before the rain storm hit. Sadly the best he could really do was really rough only half way put up wood patches... Even more sadly, a Carpenter he was not, and it was clear his half way put up patch only fixed the problem about.... What, 80%? There was still a number of places where water was leaking down to the floor where the rug had been seconds before he rolled it up and moved it elsewhere.... Now he wished he had even MORE buckets just to handle the leaks, because setting up the shovel to catch them HAD to be a health hazard SOMEWHERE.

Sadly, this was the best he could do on such short notice.

Oh well, glass half full, at least those seeds were getting plenty of water.

..... But even still, glass half empty, he was living in a house with a leaky roof and no heating.

Which was why he was curled up in his blanket just watching the water leak from the roof and plop down onto the shovel and the cups he managed to find in the cupboard... He’d need to figure this out pretty soon though, otherwise he’d probably be in trouble.

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Something he doesn’t realize however as he stays curled up inside his house is that he had left his farming tools outside in the pouring rain, the watering can catching more then it’s fair share and even overflowing.... But that wasn’t important.

What WAS important was that the farming tools had been left outside.

Walking out of the house, Gabriel looked decidedly more depressed then normal as he held up his hoe, with the potato seeds in his pocket. All he could really do was HOPE they’d grow... Still, may as well plant them in the back, just in case they did turn out to be duds...

Several swings with the tool later, and Gabriel plants the seeds in the back row of the farmland closest to his house.... Now then... What did the book say next-?

OH RIGHT, he had to water them!

Rushing back over to the house, he puts down the hoe and picks up the watering can... Which of course is empty.... Oh but hey! There’s a well right next to his house! Handy! Now he just needed to pull up a bucket of water to-

.............

There was no bucket, nor was there a rope or crank to lower said bucket into the well.

“CRUD.” ..... OKAY MAYBE BEFORE FARMING, he’d actually need to fix up the place somewhat... Now that he thought about it, his house did look like it could use some fixing up...

CRACK THUD THUD!

..... He thought seconds before a small patch of the roof apparently collapsed into the house.

............ Jeeze could this possibly get any worse?

...... The wind blows in.

..... He turns and see’s storm clouds slowly starting to approach from the west.

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