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The journey may be long and
difficult, but these times by the campfire make it all feel worth it. As I cut
more vegetables for the soup the others got up to their usual dinnertime
antics.
"Food, Food, bring on the
grub," Alex chanted as he waved his knife and spoon around the air.
"Knock it off Alex," Lena
scolded her younger companion, "The food will come when it's done, have
some patience."
"But I'm hungry," Alex
whined and rubbed his belly, "I can't possibly wait any longer."
"Why don't you help me write
the travel log to pass the time?" Lena offered with a wry smile.
"No that's boring," Alex
rolled on his back and made a faux disgusted face.
"Settle down now," Boris
chimed in while he gave our oxen some water. "Don't want to strain Alex's
poor, little brain now do we, Lena?"
"Yeah...hey!" Alex jumped
to his feet, while Lena chuckled beside him. As the trio continued their little
routine Dalton returned from the cart with a stack of plates.
"Must you two always pick on
him?" Dalton asked as he handed the first plate to Ray.
"To be fair Dalton, Alex was
the one acting like an idiot," Ray pointed out as she organized the rest
of our ingredients.
"Not you too Ray," Alex
spun around to face her, "how could you say that?"
"You're right," Ray
smiled, "you don't need to act
like an idiot." Alex puffed out his cheeks and made some crocodile tears
in protest, but Ray's grin just grew wider. Dalton sighed and shook his head as
he handed Alex a plate.
"Julian you got to help me,"
Alex pleaded, "these guys are all jerks."
"Don't drag me into this,"
I told him. Alex went back to his crocodile tear gimmick before Dalton dragged
him away. Ray and Boris continued to laugh at Alex's expense, while Lena put
her arm around him to comfort the boy.
Like I said, the journey may be long
and difficult, but these times by the campfire make it all feel worth it. As I
watched my companions continue their antics I was reminded of that fact. 'I
wouldn't trade these moments for the world,' I smiled at the thought.
"Hey Julian what's so
funny," Boris noticed my smile.
"Alex's face," I replied,
much to Ray's amusement.
"Et tu, Julian?" Alex
cried, "I thought you didn't want to be involved in this?"
"I changed my mind," I
joked as Alex's eyes went wide with more crocodile tears. We continued to laugh
and fool around until dinner was ready. Just another short stop on our long
journey, but even these little memories are precious. I wouldn't trade them for
the world.
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This should be the last, or second to last, story I post before the blog revamp. I have a sizable story slated for Thursday currently to welcome the change, but I might change my mind during the last round of editing and push it to next week.Until then Read, Comment and Enjoy.
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