Most were old; the majority of the young had left for better lives in the towns and cities. With the absence of young energetic bodies, the town was w...ll into decline. The wooden buildings needed painting, the fences mending, and roofs repaired.The toothless old women who had been in the church were hunched over with backs bent under years of burden. All wore layers of old clothes with scarves to cover their heads. They had watched Oscar; making signs of the cross and mumbling little prayers to. ’Close to mine, too! Like I said, too small of a town. But I told him I’d be there around five and he said, if everything was okay, he'd invite me in for a drink of Barolo. ‘Awesome,” I said and told him I had to be very discreet.’That’s fine,’ he said and then, totally unexpected, he added, ‘Maybe I’ll let you suck my cock.’I paused. ‘Let me, huh?’‘Yes… if you’re a good girl I will.’That led to me ask, ’Is it big?’‘Do you want to see?’‘Hell yes, I do.” A few minutes later, he sent a picture of. "But you can't wear makeup for a little while yet, okay?"I'll bet mommy thought I would never stop hugging her!The big dance was still a coupla weeks away so Karen taught me all shecould about how to dance and talk to boys. She said that the boys wouldprobably be too shy to dance with the girls right away but there mightbe one or two brave enough and I'd need to know that stuff if I gotasked to dance. We spent bunches of time in her room giggling andtalking about boys, how silly they were but. Doug said, "When we were kids, we just skinny dipped in the river!" Not hardly, we are not kids any more!" stated Sara."Sara's right, they are either old married women or old maids now!" I quipped.Bobbie slapped me on the arm but Michelle rose to the occasion and issued a challenge, "If you can skinny dip so can we!"After lunch, Sara with Doug's guidance marked off the size of the garden she wanted and he made the first pass with the tractor, cutting the ground and turning the soil. We spent.