Jenny had just been walking through the field looking at the
devastation that had been wrought upon it; all of her crops were dead or dying.
The tears welled up in her eyes as she considered what this meant for her
family, without food her children would starve. While considering this she saw
what looked to be a viable plant and rushed over to it for further inspection.
But when she got close enough she saw that the potato has been exposed to the
sunlight and turned green, thus making it poisonous. She looked up to the sky
and screamed for guidance, or anything really that will get her through this
impending doom. She found herself hunched over with her face in her hands,
sobbing uncontrollably.
When the McDerbin brothers got closer to the field, Jenny looked
up tears in her eyes and gave a solemn nod to the two passers. Darbish does a
double take, and Shamus is left with his mouth gaping open. Jenny was the
picture of beauty. She has long curly flowing red hair to the small of her
back. Her eyes reflect the pale blue of the skies above. And to say she was
shapely would have been an understatement; her form was reserved for goddesses.
She was what every woman wished they looked like, and the brothers both saw and
felt it right away.
“Hello, My name is Darbish, and this is my less distinguished
younger brother, Shamus.” Darbish quickly said before his brother could speak.
“Ah yes, as my geriatric brother has already said, my name is
Shamus. I would do anything for you, just name it, and it’s yours.” Shamus said
as he stepped in front of his brother.
“My name is Jenny,” she replied wiping tears from her eyes.
The antics of the brothers seemed to lighten her mood for a moment. “You’ll
have to forgive me. You see the farm my family owns is being destroyed by this
famine, and I don’t know what to do. I have children to feed, and my husband is
long since passed.”
This news elated the brothers. Jenny was single! Sure she had
some kids, but weren’t they both just discussing how a family might be nice.
And one that’s already started is a quick and easy place to start.
Jenny started to figure out what was going on, it had been so
long since she had anyone vying for her affections. When her husband had died
she became very introverted in that respect and only took care of her children
and her farm. Romantic endeavors were not something even considered.
“I tell you what. My children mean the world to me, and I can
see that you both are very nice and kind men. I’ll happily marry the man who
can end this blight and assure me that my and our future children will never go
hungry.” She said thoughtfully.
The brothers looked at each other, then at Jenny, and once
again back at each other. A smile grew on their faces as the both in unison
turned back to Jenny and simultaneously said, “You got it!” They both then
rushed off down the road tripping over each other to be slightly in the lead.
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