The mountain man and Randy Chapter 3 "Gifts of pots and pans"
Posted: Saturday, November 28, 2009
by Cecil Nye
http://www.ironcooker.com
It was a long three weeks for Big Jim Brown.He sat and watched the big dog sleep the first two days. Jim wouldn't even leave the cabin. He just stared at them old pots and pans on the wall like old Randy use to do.
You see the two of them had been together almost 3 years now. Jim had traded two sets of cast iron cookware for the mountain dog when he was a pup. He didn't even tell the smaller man good by when he left. Now Jim felt bad about that now. Now that he knew more about him. He felt bad about throwing that old cast iron kettle against the wall and almost hitting the man. But that is over now.
Every town and every Indian village he came to it got longer and more dangerous. Everyone in the mountains knew about the story of the mountain dog and his master. They came from all over, bringing pots and pans, kettles and cast iron cookware of every kind. Everyone wanted to see the big mountain dog.Jim was just a little jealous of his big dog. But he did save his life.If it was not for that dog friend of his, Big Jim Brown wouldn't be living today.There isn't any way to repay something like that other than being there for your friend when he needs you too.
So Jim kept the bright fire going and kept the clatter of the pots and pans.He knew how much Randy liked the sound. For some reason ever since he was a pup,that dog liked the smell and sound of the cast iron cookware banging into each other.If it meant that his dog got all the attention this time that was just alright.
The winters are long up here in this country and this winter they wasn't going to have to spend it all alone on this corner of the mountain. Get up you Mountain dog. We are going to make it out of these mountains before winter sets in boy. You got us an invite down to the lower country and we are going to take it. Your side needs healing and it would be good for me too.So they are getting all the pots and pans packed into the wooden boxes to put on the mule. Boarding up the windows and in the morning they will be heading down the mountain for the village.
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