Caroline's Inheritance
Copyright© 2023 by Harry
Chapter 15
“Merry Christmas, my Darling!”
“Merry Christmas, Grace my sweet!”
“Merry Christmas, dear old Engelbart!”
These last words were said together by the two happy and extremely tipsy girls.
Engelbart stirred not in the slightest as he slept before the warm fire. Stupid girls! He loved them both dearly, but he was having such a lovely dream!
“I suppose the spirits of our dear wood were here long before Christianity!” said a semi coherent Caroline.
“Rubbish, my sweet!” replied her ever happier companion. “Jesus Christ was present at the foundation of the world and he is older than any of us, even the spirits of the wood! Of course - our spirits in our sacred grove were here long before Augustine came to bring the Gospel to our land, but those spirits rejoiced when he came and they rejoice to this day - although they must be so sad at our once great nation’s decline into selfish materialism.”
The two ever more mutually infatuated young women had just come back from a night spent under the sacred oaks. Christmas Eve had brought the first snowfall of the winter and both girls had known as they watched the swirling snowflakes turn their beloved world into a white wonderland, that this was their night to sleep out in the cold and snow.
As they reached the grove, their naked feet having left behind them a trail of perfectly formed prints in the virgin snow, Caroline saw a huge pile of leaves, heaped up beneath the venerable tree that had stood guard over them for so many a blessed night during the summer.
“Sorry if I seem to be cheating, my love. But I think these leaves may just keep us both alive during this holy and lovely night! Remember the story of the Babes in the Wood? Well, Caroline! We’re two cute little babes in this lovely old wood! Let’s get ourselves comfortable - as far as we can!”
The two excited girls burrowed down deep into the pile of autumn leaves, trying to forget the multitude of non-too savory creatures with whom they were sharing their rest, and slept the most peaceful night that had either of them ever known. When they had wakened long before the dawn and exchanged Christmas greetings and frighteningly passionate Christmas kisses, both knew that a bond now existed between them that neither life nor death could ever break.
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