The Farm

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I rose from my bed before dawn pushing my blankets off me, I fixed my bed and immediately slipped into my boots, lacing them up as tight as I could even if my blisters and sore spots were already aching. Once both were on I stood on my dusty floorboards readjusting my underdress where it had shifted in the night I got my much more flexible corset tying up the ribbons, I slipped on all my various skirts then my little cream dress over the top, I got my brown apron from the rim of my almost completely shattered mirror almost being unable now to see my reflection at all I tied it at my back with a bow. I put my hair in a long braid with a ribbon and grabbed my tools from my pocket heading out of my little wooden house to be faced with the early morning grey before the sun rises but I didn't bother taking much interest. I had far more important work to do.

"Oh for god- Danny. Get back here" I complained chasing after Danny duck who was halfway across the farm already "you clever little thing, how do you keep getting out of there" I complained taking him back to the pen. I went to the shed grabbed the feed for the horses, taking it to the stables and letting them eat while I merely spot-cleaned their stables. Then going along with my shovel leaving feed and water at all the animal's pens and scooping any muck that needed to be taken away, the ducks, the chickens, the goats, lastly I fed the pigs giving them a good clean and some water to freshen up their mud trying to go but finding a tug on my dress turning back to see waddles the little piglet almost all pink with only one brown spot over his left eye and ear the runt of his farrow and really only survived his baby stage because I brought him into the house and fed him myself if I didn't he would have past away not long after he was born or been crushed under his mother and siblings, he was holding my skirt in his mouth looking at me

"Alright" I sighed letting him waddle around behind me squeaking happily all the while

I went out and checked everything in the fields making sure no birds or other animals had gotten in it, going to the well to fill up my watering can in order to water everything as we were days from a good rain. Using my little trowel to dig up any weeds I spotted trying to make their way up in the world often I could just give them waddles to devour. I let the animals who could be allowed to play in the yard out of course while I worked on planting in the field and making sure the farm ran smoothly all with waddles wandering behind me. But as I was pulling up a fresh pale of water from the well I noticed something, a horse heading this way. I knew the horse immediately so I set everyone back into their pens trying to put waddles back with his family but he wasn't having it "alright. Come on then" I sighed letting him follow me to the gates where the horse stopped and its rider climbed down

"Hiya y/n"

"What do you want Mr Winn?" I glared crossing my arms

"Same as always, come see my lil darlin" he Cooes leaning over the fence to give my cheek a kiss

"Fine" I sighed unlocking the gate and letting him inside immediately waddles went to his leg

"Awww Hiya little guy, sorry forgot ya carrot today," he told him giving waddles a pet "ya gettin' chubby guy maybe we'll have to make ya into tasty bacon"

Immediately waddles squealed and ran behind my skirts at the mere mention of that word

"Whitey! Don't you'll scare him, you know he doesn't like that word" I told him off giving poor waddles a pet as he was now shaking "apologize"

"Sorry waddles I was only jokin'"

"put ted on the stable with Millie and Maggie," I told him

"Course, he's missed his girls" he chuckled giving ted a pet

"I'm sure they missed him too"

"Ya sure, ya don't just keep me around so ya have access to a couple healthy stallions?" He smirked

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