A Farmer by Jim Harrison

Author:Jim Harrison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

At one time from a distance you would see a man behind a single-bladed plow and a team of horses. Behind the man a boy stumbled along the un-even furrow picking up earthworms. When the boy filled a can with worms he would dump the contents of the can into a larger pail in the middle of the field. In the pail the worms had a bedding of soil, damp peat moss, and coffee grounds to keep them vigorous. At the end of the day after the horses were un-harnessed, rubbed, and fed, the father and the boy would look at the worms and try to decide if they had enough for a three-day fishing trip they planned after the spring plowing.

“Do we have enough, Yoey?"

“Maybe almost.” The boy stuck his hand deep in the pail.

Then they would walk in to supper. Sometimes the father would offer his arm as if flexing his muscle and the boy would hang onto the arm like a monkey until they crossed the barnyard and reached the house. Then the boy would drop to his feet and scoot in the back door through the pump shed and announce to his waiting mother and sisters, “Dad wants his supper.”

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