Creative Writing: Foolish Englischer's Home

With sweat dripping from his tanned brown forehead, Daniel paused from his work and glanced around the barn. The barn was humid and hot and smelled of horse manure and dry hay. But, Daniel thought as he pushed his eyes toward the double wooden barn doors leading out into a bright and blistering day, at least the barn is offering some relief from the heat.
With hands soaked in black grease Daniel returned his focus on the crippled horse buggy wheel sitting before him. “Foolish Englischer’s,” he whispered in a tired voice, “could have killed me.”
Hearing footsteps appearing outside Daniel quickly hurried back to his work. “Daett,” Sarah asked appearing in the doorway of the barn. She spoke in her thick Pennsylvanian Dutch accent.
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“William is a fine young man. He is a man that will make you a fine husband. This Englischer is a young man that is out to make you impure.”
“Todd isn’t like that, Daett. He is a good—“
“Get to your chores,” Daniel ordered Sarah drawing in a deep breath of dry hay and horse manure. “And remember that it was an Englischer who ran me off the road last night. However, they were young Englischer’s. The adults are good people who respect our way of life.”
Realizing that her father was struggling with other inner battles other than the one she had presented to him, Sarah slowly backed away from the barn into the side yard next to the kitchen. As she did a hand threw itself over her mouth. “Shhhh,” a voice laughed, “and come on.”
Pulling away from the hand Sarah spun around to see a tall, handsome, young man with thick blond hair and light green eyes smiling at her. “Todd,” she whispered. “It is not good for you to be here.”
Widening his smile Todd brushed some dirt from the knees of his blue jeans and then straightened out his brown and white argyle shirt. “I snuck through the woods to get here.”
“Where is your car?” Sarah inquired.
“Oh,” Todd bit his lower lip and then threw his eyes toward the barn, “I…it’s in the shop. Come on, I have something to show …show more content…

Before Sarah could object he reached out and took her hand. “This will be fun, you’ll see.
Throwing a nervous glance over her shoulder Sarah hesitated, and then, slowly nodded her head yes. “We must be quick.”
“Great,” Todd smiled excitedly and ran Sarah toward the wood line behind the barn. Sarah reluctantly followed, wondering what Todd wanted to show her. “I have something very special planned. You’ll see.”
Running into the woods Sarah’s eyes fell on familiar sights. Trees she had climbed as a little girl, old trails her father had made, the old stream she loved to sit by and read poetry. Sweet, delicate memories flowed into her mind like warm, caressing fingers attached from loving angels, as Todd pulled her deeper into the woods. The world outside the community is exciting…but this is my home,” Sarah thought as Todd hurried slowed down to help her step over a fallen log
A few minutes later Todd jogged Sarah into a small clearing. “And voila,” he exclaimed throwing his hands toward a blue blanket lying on the ground. The blanket, Sarah saw, held a bottle of wine and a picnic basket.
“A picnic,” Sarah inquired catching her breath. “Todd, this is not the