The holidays goodwill cheers was practically upon them, at the entrance door really. And the couple were at a lost as to how they were going get it together go about salvaging enjoy themselves when the day entered, as most of the plans they'd made was actually going some what awry.
Soon in the morning,
" me never t'ink say me mother would carry the pikinny them with h'r 'pon the trip, she sounded as if she was going to bring them back before she went" complained the wife.
" you tell her to keep them f'the whole holiday" answered the husband.
"come now she must did know say a joke me did a joke, when me sai'so" the wife whined.
"woman y'u must know by now, that y'u mother no take not'n f ' joke."
"an' your mother an father say you no 'f'r bother put foot a them yard for them spending the holidays at them friend beach house. Wha' sort o anniversary them say?" Asked the wife
"Of the day first time they met exactly forty years ago" says the husband using his father's tone of voice.
" me nearly no sleep whole night, to how it quiet" the wife moped.
" is you same one did say the pikinny them make so much noise in a the nights that y'u can't sleep properly"
The husband muttered as he prepared the kettle to boil water then open a sachet of instant chocolate with spice flavors, milk and sugar, he just added the boil water and stirred. " me buy parcels of various ready seasoned meats, poultry an stuff, whole heap a different bottle sauces and the drinks fo'them " wife said entering the kitchen, then having finished up her morning ablutions, getting her cup, add some of the boiled water to instant coffee powder and added coconut milk powder, husband and wife sat at the kitchen table and drank their hot drink in silence.
Afterwards they checked their mails, did some chores, stopped to rest, pouring out bottled fruit juice into their tumbler glass to chase down, the husband plate of pizza look toasted bread, topped with cheese, baked chicken and bacon strips with shredded vegetable and the wife's plate of a boiled egg steamed mixed vegetable wrap. They sat on the backyard porch looking out to the park beyond their border fencing,
"Where you think at the other side a that property, the tree reserve?"
The husband asked suddenly for the first time really paying attention to the landscape,
"Me no know, want we walk through an find out, after we no ha' not'n much to do, anyway."
So they both dressed into T-shirts then for bottoms, the wife to wear thick leggings and husband a work jeans. And both each found a proper pair of walking shoes ,"and make we carry some extra clothes in case we en' up in a town or at some nice guest house"
" we can jus' use the internet map"
" an 'poil the fun, no " said the wife a bit aggressively, and the husband retreated. And wife said " we must set the security system and lock up the house, carry a wallet with IDs some cash an a credit card" she finished looking pointedly at her husband. Who took the hint and went for his card.The husband carried a knapsack his wife had packed, while she brought along a tote with a few necessities, and armed with fully charged cell phones they headed into the parkland. They walked into what they believed to be a straight path and a few minutes before midday they stopped to snack on packs of dried nuts and fruits and water, sitting on stones leaning against a tree, they dozed for a few minutes.
"T'ink we should turn back now?" The husband asked.
"After we reach so far, no we probably soon reach somewhe' after the country no so big" the wife answered.
"Alright then" the husband said. About an hour later after following a fencing, they were on a narrow gravel road, between patches of different farm crops. They spotted a sprawling single storey farm house.
"Looks like we in another Parish"
" gran'pa you left the back fence open again, some people come in the yard" a boy shouted as he looked at the yard at the pair of strangers.A senior male came out with a girl child holding on to his side,
"Wha' the Dickens you talking 'bout boy" his eyes followed to where the boy's hands pointed.
" 'y'u pair lost?" Asked the senior man, who must be the grandfather.
" we kinda no know whe' parts this" the wife answered.
"Hiking trek eh" the senior man, said lifting his brows, "y'u no' look like any criminal, to me, but in case, the place is connected to a security company."
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ding E Morrrison
Short Storyso and so situation, dialogue written with experimental script, to sound an accent. To be edited maybe.