Jack of all Trades
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Jack spent much of the next week in bed, allowing his rib to heal. His left side was black and blue.
On Friday he was outside, carefully pruning some of the leggier rose bushes, when a small boy rushed up to him. "Are you Mr. Bywater?"
"Yes. What can I do for you?"
Jack expected the boy to ask to see Pepper, but he said, "Can you come to the major's house? His orchard's full of waspers and he needs them tooken care of. He told me you'd give me a penny if I told you." The boy waited expectantly.
"All right. I think I have a penny." Jack set the clippers down and fished in his pocket. "Here you go. Wasps, you said? More than one nest?"
"Yes. I seen them myself. There's hundreds and hundreds of nests! Millions!"
Jack smiled. "All right, then. I'll bring extra paraffin. How do I reach the major's house?"
"Up the lane and past the church, then uphill until you see the big house with the hedges. Can I see your dragon?"
Jack set off up the lane ten minutes later, with a can of paraffin in one hand and Pepper at his heels. He was pleased when one of the men he'd met at the Hare and Hounds recognized him and waved him over.
Jack stopped at the steps to a house similar to Rose Cottage, although it looked a little larger. The white-haired man repairing the fence said, "I haven't seen you about. Getting on all right?"
"Yes, considering Goodacre's colt kicked me half across the paddock." He laughed, and so did the man. "I'm off to help rid the major's orchard of wasps."
"Better you than me. I've heard he's got quite an infestation this year. But seeing as we're neighbors, will you come along tonight and dine with me and the missus, about eight?"
Jack spent much of the next week in bed, allowing his rib to heal. His left side was black and blue.
On Friday he was outside, carefully pruning some of the leggier rose bushes, when a small boy rushed up to him. "Are you Mr. Bywater?"
"Yes. What can I do for you?"
Jack expected the boy to ask to see Pepper, but he said, "Can you come to the major's house? His orchard's full of waspers and he needs them tooken care of. He told me you'd give me a penny if I told you." The boy waited expectantly.
"All right. I think I have a penny." Jack set the clippers down and fished in his pocket. "Here you go. Wasps, you said? More than one nest?"
"Yes. I seen them myself. There's hundreds and hundreds of nests! Millions!"
Jack smiled. "All right, then. I'll bring extra paraffin. How do I reach the major's house?"
"Up the lane and past the church, then uphill until you see the big house with the hedges. Can I see your dragon?"
Jack set off up the lane ten minutes later, with a can of paraffin in one hand and Pepper at his heels. He was pleased when one of the men he'd met at the Hare and Hounds recognized him and waved him over.
Jack stopped at the steps to a house similar to Rose Cottage, although it looked a little larger. The white-haired man repairing the fence said, "I haven't seen you about. Getting on all right?"
"Yes, considering Goodacre's colt kicked me half across the paddock." He laughed, and so did the man. "I'm off to help rid the major's orchard of wasps."
"Better you than me. I've heard he's got quite an infestation this year. But seeing as we're neighbors, will you come along tonight and dine with me and the missus, about eight?"
Jack Bywater is loved by the entire town. Handy with a hammer, able to drive a coach, great at getting wasps out of an orchard, he truly is a Jack of all Trades.
And he's just the man that Helen's been looking for as well. Jack couldn't agree with her more. The cozy village is the perfect spot and Jack would love nothing better than to settle down, marry Helen and raise a family.
But the Sultan is angry at Jack for having stolen his pet dragon, Pepper, and has sent a nasty curse winging around the world after him. Jack can flee the curse and lose Helen, or marry her and lose his life.
And to make matters worse, something has the local faeries in an uproar, and only Jack can fix it.
Jack of all trades is a light hearted romance set in a fantasy version of England. Suitable for ages 13 and up.
And he's just the man that Helen's been looking for as well. Jack couldn't agree with her more. The cozy village is the perfect spot and Jack would love nothing better than to settle down, marry Helen and raise a family.
But the Sultan is angry at Jack for having stolen his pet dragon, Pepper, and has sent a nasty curse winging around the world after him. Jack can flee the curse and lose Helen, or marry her and lose his life.
And to make matters worse, something has the local faeries in an uproar, and only Jack can fix it.
Jack of all trades is a light hearted romance set in a fantasy version of England. Suitable for ages 13 and up.
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