(SET IN THE RURAL IRELAND OF THE SIXTIES)
it was a beautifull sun drenched autum day, #
with a soft breeze blowing as o brien and his buddies were heading back to class after their lunch break
and they all agreed that it would make a great evening for raiding riordans orchard, if all went to plan,
back in class o brien had himself almost hypmotised watching the clock going round, until at long last he found himself and his team raceing up the road to riordans orchard,
if their information was correct, riordan and the missus would be at their evening tea and being the weekend would be lost in the local weekly,
while their two strapping sons would as usual be more than likely at the local mart in the local town a few miles away,
all going to plan, o brien and his buddies intended to be in and out of riordans orchard within ten minutes-misson impossible style,
clock ticking and seven minutes gone they were in and out of riordans orchard, with their pockets and bags packed, all with the exception of o brien who wanted to get more apples than time permitted,
the leader of the gang warned o brien to come on, as their ten minutes deadline was nearly up, but o brien said to hold on as he would be on in a few seconds just after he got a big bunch of rosy red apples of a far out branch,
his buddies told him he was on his own from now on, if he did not come now, it was too risky trying to reach out to the apples,
but no, as usual o brien knew the best and had to have his own way,
then just as he was reaching out the branch went from under him and o brien and a shower of apples came crashing down on a tin roof out house,
at that the whole farmyard came alive with calves cats dogs turkeys and hens going wild about the place,
o briens fellow travellers had by now fled the scene and left him to his fate,
again o brien was back on his feet - old man riordan was heading in to the orchard in a rage,
but he was no sooner in, when he tripped over a branch and fell,
at that o brien made a run for the wall and was almost over, when curiosity got the better of him and he looked around to see how old man riordan was doing,
but the sight of old man riordan trying to tear himself off the ground was too much for o brien and he got a fit of laughing lost his grip and fell back down into the orchard and strained his ankle,
by now old man riordan was heading for him with his horses - whip flying in all directions,
ankle spraned now o brien could not make another attempt at trying to climb the wall, so he made a dash out through some hedging and made good his escape, so he taught out in to riordans big field,
more than half way across the field and no sight of old man riordan, and his ankle back to normal oh brien taught he was almost home and dry, and started to take a long awaited well earned bite of a big rosy apple,
just then as he was about to sink his teeth in, he heard an almighty roar and the sound of fast moveing heavy feet comeing from a shaded side of the field,
o brien almost froze to the field at the sight of what he saw raceing towards him,
TO BE CONTINUED
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