Here are my 100 words from The Heart of the Spring by Laura Valenti p79:
"'...I should have been more sympathetic, but nobody can gum up the works on something like this faster than a bunch of men, I swear!'
'Miz Josie," Becky giggled.'
'Well, it's true. They talk and they talk and they talk. Truth be told, they can talk an issue to death in the time it takes a woman to get the job done, whatever it might be. Good thing our children don't have to depend on their fathers to feed them, put them to bed and change their britches. All that talk won't help a lick with...'"
'Miz Josie," Becky giggled.'
'Well, it's true. They talk and they talk and they talk. Truth be told, they can talk an issue to death in the time it takes a woman to get the job done, whatever it might be. Good thing our children don't have to depend on their fathers to feed them, put them to bed and change their britches. All that talk won't help a lick with...'"
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ReplyDeleteso true, so true! :P
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