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“Daa Lowrie, kin you please tell wis da story aboot you fitching da Maa\u2019s eggs?\u201d whinned Rasmie and Libby is dey tusseled we een anidder apa da floor.<\/p>\n“Daa Lowrie, kin you please tell wis da story aboot you fitching da Maa\u2019s eggs?\u201d whinned Rasmie and Libby is dey tusseled we een anidder apa da floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cWeel stop kerrying on afore wan o you land in da hospital! Noo, git intae your beds and all tell you da story afor Willy Winky comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dey craaled intaa dir beds and Lowrie chaad up a chair atween dem.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy faider, whaa wis named Robbie, wis a very kind herted sowl and wid do onything for his wife and seeven bairns. We wir aa born and brought up at da Nort Hams o Roe in a peerie twa bedroom but and ben hoose, we nobody aroond wis for miles and da nearest shop at da brig o Muckle Roe.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEveryday faider wid go tae da tap o da nort face and clim doon it tae fitch da maa\u2019s eggs. My aldest bridder wid be at da tap makkin sure da tick rop bided on da stein. Tinkin aboot it noo dat most o been hert drapping job becise if da rop faaed aff or snaped in twa den dat wid o been da end o me and my faider.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Libby and Rasmie\u2019s faces turned white is a cloot at da tought o no hivin dir Daa tae hae sprees we.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad wid tack me doon on his back tae had da eggs and tae tak da strain aff mam for haeing tae look efter aa da bairns. I wid be sittin in a keppy creel tied on tae Dad\u2019s back. I\u2019ll nivver firgit da feeling at da boddem o me belly is we took da eggs awa and da maa wid come tawards you, head first and its eens develing intae your sowl makin you petrefied. Da sea wid be crashing up apa da facey and every noo and ageen you wid heard da steens rumiling.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhin we wid win back ontae dry land it wis usually aboot da heicht o da day. On da wye hom ower Dad wid always tell wis tae be grateful tae your midder is she dus alok for wis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Libby\u2019s face wis in tought is she sat biting her nails in a dwam. Tinking about her mam wha dus aathing for both her and Rasmie.<\/p>\n
\u201cEfter we hid some denner at da heich o da day faider wid set aff for da Laird\u2019s hoose at Busta whaar in exchange for da maa\u2019s eggs we wid git some bread. If dey wir enough eggs for da Laird\u2019s dad wid keep wan for wis and mam wid split it atween 7 bairns tae hae wan morning, raa in a cup, it wis said tae keep awa da feery. For milk we hid a coo and for mutton we hid twel sheep wha wid lamb every year and gee wis hugs. Da walk tae Busta wid tak a good tree hours dare and back, makin you awfil spage da day efter.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn da 13th of April 1940, faider wis caad up tae war and left mam we aa wis tae feed and water. She wid aye pit on a brave face but she wis stuggling is her day wid start at five we milking da coo and feenish we pitin wis tae bed. Da day he left, da last bowsy he geed wis aa, we nivver kent he widna be returning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lowrie hid a tear in his eye, looking very solumn, an Rasmie cam and sat on his lap, geein him a big bosie.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaa Lowrie?\u201d
\n\u201cYis, Rasmie\u201d
\n\u201cIf do could geen back and tell de faider wan thing whit wid it be?\u201d
\n\u201cDat\u2019s a hard thing tae tink aboot…\u201d
\nDa chair creeked as he leaned back, his glasses faain doon his nose.
\n\u201cI wid say thankyou for aathing he did and teached me.\u201d
\nRasmie, we his toom in his mooth, began tae fiddle we Lowrie\u2019s beard. Rasmie\u2019s mischevious look dat he aye hid fell awa and his face looked lik butter widna melt.
\n\u201cDaa I tink Willy Winky is come tae Libby.\u201d
\n\u201cYis, noo faa doo asleep,\u201d he smeeged gently.<\/p>\n
Hannah-Lisa Laurenson
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