Sunny Corner
Copyright© 2017 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 7
Mitchell’s Creek, Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia:7
The first thing we did was get out; that rock had to go somewhere.
We played embarrassed cat ... you know ... the cat does something particularly stupid and immediately checks the area to see if anybody noticed ... and then starts grooming... I meant to do that.
We both walked ... not the action we took getting out of the crack ... down to the high banker to check our spoils. Jim even videoed it ... twice. The first go-round he was stuttering. He did well on the retake.
I reached over and shut off the pump. The silence was deafening.
“Fools ... both of us,” Jim said.
“Waiting for the rumble?” I asked.
“No dust cloud,” He said.
“You stay here,” I said ... feeling brave. “I’ll sneak a look.”
To cover my shaking, Jim started the wash pump. I thumbs-up him. It never took so long for me to step to the crack.
I one eyed it ... the rock was back ... stuck in a tree ... okay ... a bush. I tiptoed back to Jim.
“Ever remember any bushes on that slope?”
“Nope, starkers ... the whole face.” He said, “The right hand slope has brush, small trees and grass.”
“Well ... there’s one there now and the rock is stuck in it.”
A face peered around the crack. Well ... a rather bovine structure ... a sorta face. Long and narrow with protuberant nose set between heavily browed brown eyes ... with a cowlick for a head of hair. Ears of a lop ... long, mobile and bashful. The eyes were predator; both faced forward, alert but curious. His? her? clothes covered a long lanky stringy body. Not exactly pants or skirt. The shirt was dusty white, the sleeves were rolled to the elbows ... or what passed as such. The vest was almost black and well worn ... not that it was worn well. A green patch of cloth protruded where a pocket would be ... if I was wearing it. If I was wearing that the first impression would be a shopkeeper carrying a bag of ... something?
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