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Each O-So brother had his own
specialized job to perform.
Each brother would pass
through a row of radishes and do his job. One by one, the radishes were hoed,
had all weeds pulled and any radish eating bug stomped.
The O-So brothers stopped for
lunch and to rest in the mid day sun. They sat under the shade of the old
Mimosa tree great grandfather had planted when he worked the farm as a boy. The
brothers took an afternoon swim in the cool brook that flowed through the
fields. They finished working late in the afternoon and settled on the porch
waiting for their fathers return. It was Father O-SoÕ custom that whenever he
returned from market, he would bring them each a sweet treat.
Late into the night Mother
O-So kept watch over her boys as they slept on the porch. The boys waited for
their fathers return on the porch and fell asleep in the meantime. Refusing to
go to their beds until father came home.
With the roosterÕs
cock-a-doodle-do, the O-So brothers awoke. Looking around on the porch as the
morning sun shone on their sleepy eyes. Yet Father O-So was not on the porch
with them. Their mother stood wearily stating down the road leading to town.
ÒFather did not come home last nightÓ, said Mother O-So in a quiet, sad tone.
Ah O-So asked his mother if
he could go and look for his father, Mother O-So agreed and prepared food and a
jug or water, should Ah O-So get hungry on his way to town. His younger
brothers agreed to take on his job on the farm and to continue their daily work
taking care of the radishes. Ah O-So told his mother to prepare another great
meal for Father O-So and his return that evening. Ah O-So hugged his mother and
brothers farewell and began his journey to town to search for his father.
The two O-So brothers that
remained on the farm worked hard in order to compensate for their older
brothers absence. So O-So had the extra duty of pulling weeds in addition to
his hoeing duties. He knew his younger brother was too young to handle the
extra work. So he did his job as well as his older brothers. They hoed, pulled
weeds and stomped bugs all day in the hot sun. Mother O-So came to the two
brothers in the field with their lunches, for it was still going to be a long
day until the sun set and their work would be done.
Evening came quickly as the
two brothers worked without stopping after eating their lunches. They sat by
their mother on the porch and waited. Waited for their father and older brother
to arrive, waited to see them walking on the road to their home. As they waited
long into the night, their eyes started to close and one by one, the two
brothers and their mother slowly fell asleep.