It’s #BookQW and ‘hang’ it, I don’t use #hang, and Beri & Raven are decorating a tree!
Can you find where I might have used #hang?
More from the short story:
Beri had noticed Willow was wearing the wooden bracelets Raven had carved of three different colors of wood. They’d gotten the idea when they’d jointly made their gifts for everyone else.
“I must say I’m a little surprised. They aren’t useful at all, only decorative.”
“Mate, you need to learn to read the lasses. They like girlie things, or at least Willow does.” He took the lights and worked them into the branches on his side. “Don’t worry, Fern will like what you made her, because it’s the first gift you’ve given her. Then you have a whole year more to figure out what she likes.” Raven passed him the lights.
Beri took the balled string and stepped down a rung on the ladder. Following much consideration, he had used Raven’s example and made something girlie for Fern. But Fern wasn’t like Willow, who wore dresses and prettied up her hair. Fern was in jeans and a fleece now and had said nothing to him about changing from school clothes for their celebration. “A study of Fern’s preferences must wait until after I finish up this schooling. Its treadmill leaves me blasted little free time.”
“What’s a treadmill?” Raven asked.
“Geez, the things you don’t know!” Fern climbed up even with their knees and handed Raven another strand. “Thank goodness no one is around to hear you ask about common machinery, but we need to get you back in the house as fast as possible.”
“I could finish faster, if you—”
“Don’t even think it,” Fern said, but she was smiling. That faded quickly. “Bad news for you, Beri.” She pointed upward. “The sky is clearing. It’ll be stars tonight, not snow.”
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On a personal note:
Things are snowballing for all of us into the holidays…though it’s not snowing, hang it! Please enjoy the season, and remember to be kind to everyone. Life can be hard this time of year. Peace!
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