Down Hoe Lane
by Gerard Young
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- Original publication date
- 1950
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- Gerard Young
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- Flansham, West Sussex, England, UK
- First words
- The big black Alsatian dog sat in the snow outside the house.
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- Gardeners are gullible. We – for I am one – put so much faith in our gardens, believing that our blessed plots will never forget our kindness to them; the endless watering, the ceaseless hoeing, the seasonal pick-up of fe... (show all)rtiliser. The time had now come for the greatest task ot all, the making of the garden. My frontage was about 200 feet and consisted of a 10 feet deep bank, thickly overgrown with brambles, well planted with trees; the two ash trees, several hawthorns, a chestnut and many elders.
In those gay days it never occurred to me that the trees had to be planted, the sundial built, the flower beds dug or. the grass made level and sown. People to whom I showed my plans gaped at them. "Where's this!" they enquir... (show all)ed. "It's what's going to be," I said, with supreme confidence. "They are the Plans." "A Five-Year plan," they said cynically. Sarcasm failed to shake me. I drew up a scheme for the whole lay-out, Mrs. Jacks drew up one for me as well and we pooled the ideas and evolved a third. Finally, armed with a sheaf of sketches and looking like a district surveyor, I stood one February afternoon on my "estate" and contemplated the immediate future. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'll teach him to cheek a witch.
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