夏日的回忆
<p> <span word="My">My</span> <span word="Mum">Mum</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> <span word="listing">listing</span> <span word="today">today</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="turns">turns</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="myuncle">myuncle</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="cottage">cottage</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="oursummers">oursummers</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kid">kid</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="canafford">canafford</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="m">m</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="haven">haven</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="t">t</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="there">there</span>,<span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> 16. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ownership">ownership</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="uncle">uncle</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mum">Mum</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="recruited">recruited</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="tohelp">tohelp</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Gramma">Gramma</span> <span word="pack">pack</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="things">things</span>.</p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="wouldn">wouldn</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="t">t</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="again">again</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="proper">proper</span> <span word="goodbye">goodbye</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="again">again</span>,<span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spirit">spirit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cultivated">cultivated</span> <span word="detachment">detachment</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="teenhood">teenhood</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span>.</p><p> <span word="Summers">Summers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lake">lake</span> <span word="stretch">stretch</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="anything">anything</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hazy">hazy</span>&<span word="mdash">mdash</span>;<span word="fishing">fishing</span> <span word="forminnows">forminnows</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dock">dock</span>; <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sleeping">sleeping</span> <span word="cabin">cabin</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wet">wet</span> <span word="bathing">bathing</span> <span word="suits">suits</span> <span word="andwetter">andwetter</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>; <span word="barbecues">barbecues</span>; <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="houses">houses</span>; <span word="cans">cans</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pop">pop</span> <span word="stored">stored</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="spring">spring</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="centre">centre</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Grampa">Grampa</span>.</p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="relate">relate</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Grampa">Grampa</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="pressed">pressed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>.<span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dock">dock</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sun">sun</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="lighting">lighting</span> <span word="thewoodstove">thewoodstove</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nintendo">Nintendo</span> <span word="games">games</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aroma">aroma</span> <span word="ofstew">ofstew</span> <span word="wafting">wafting</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stairs">stairs</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>.</p><p> <span word="Grampa">Grampa</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arbiter">arbiter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="manners">manners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="grace">grace</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="meals">meals</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="onlygrown">onlygrown</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="block">block</span>-<span word="people">people</span>&<span word="mdash">mdash</span>;<span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolls">dolls</span> <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="woodscraps">woodscraps</span>&<span word="mdash">mdash</span>;<span word="who">who</span> <span word="inhabited">inhabited</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="screen">screen</span> <span word="porch">porch</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lake">lake</span>.</p>
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