Some of the older trees were massive both in height and girth. The wood from the trees was highly prized. As they aged, the colour and texture of the ...ood changed. They were deep dark red in the centre and once they reached about fifty years each new set of fifty years of rings was slightly lighter than the previous set.The rings went from red to pinks to yellows and the most ancient trees were white in the outer rings. Cutting down of a living boa tree more than ten years old was punishable by. It was a surprise to find out she was pregnant. Not only because I am the father but because Gwen was on birth control. Her and the rest of the ladies in her family. They have to be due to their sexual conduct without any condoms. Regardless of the surprise news, we were happy. Gwen’s family was happy to hear the news saying I’m “officially” part of the family now. Truthfully speaking, I’ve felt like I was already part of the family when I was studying here in England on my study abroad. I. This time, there was a man pointing a gun at us. I wasted no time in blasting him into the next world with a shot that caught him in the belly with most, if not all, of the buckshot. His pistol went flying one way, and his upper body went another. His hips and legs just fell where he had been standing. Well, that was one thug that was not going to trouble us again. Fortunately, we had remembered to don our special ear protection because that shotgun blast in the small room might have otherwise. On the Eid festivals he took her and their sisters shopping and always bought her a flower garland of jasmine and red roses, to wear around her wrists, a traditional token of love and affection. It was an acceptable token between siblings although not many brothers would have bothered. Nargis was always happy to receive these things and ignored the brush-ups against her back, ass or sides that Zahid seemed to constantly give her as accidents. A few weeks earlier, Zahid had been ill with a.