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broke with their goofing around being real men”.
Filling his mouth full again of chewing tobacco and hollered. “Enough boys, stop now!”
    The living room got silent and Brenda winked at her husband, they sure listened to him and only
had to tell them once.
Instantly, they froze in their tracks like a statue, Paul Gene grins, as he looked back in the other
room where they are all sitting now, as Seth was holding his jaw.
    Shook his head looking onto his youngest that sure got roughed up by his brothers.
“Yep maw will be eating deer the rest of this winter”, said Paul Gene looking at his wristwatch.
“Yeah I shucked most of the left over corn all morning, even got Seth to helping me.”
“Good job maw”, he grinned.
“Yes paw, your boys are good at everything they do, you taught them right about most things”.
    Becoming aggravated over his watch not working, as she added briefly, “Fights, no”.
Still fiddling with his watch mumbling, “All be darn it’s broken”.
“Hey next time maybe Seth can go hunting with y’all”, pulling the dinner out of the oven.
“Oh no sugar not that soon, heck he is only turning twelve”. Brenda smiled setting the big bowl
of salad down and Paul Gene added, “Aw the boy could shoot himself or his brother”.
She mumbled, “Oh lord, Seth can’t go”, getting the final dinner preparations, then yelled,
“SOUPS ON!”
Running into the kitchen sitting down fast with such a smirk on his face, as Seth must have paid
them back over roughing him up, when the three of them come into the kitchen fast and before
sitting down.
Each boy gently smacked Seth in the back of his head, he said, “Owe!”
    Grabbing his head making a mean face at his brothers, “Paw ouch they hit me”.
“Aw Seth boy you can take it, remember what have I always told y’all about pain”.
Setting the dish with cornbread down onto the table, Brenda was mumbling, “His bull never
ends, he is knee deep going to drown”.
Paul Gene looked at his four boys and remarked, “Pain you can take it, because one day y’all may
have no other choice”.
    Paul Gene giggled looking at his one boy with a busted lip and was silent taking his pain.
Seth mumbled, “Take pain like paw always says”.
Gave a mischievous smile and asked, “Hey Shane you can take pain right?”
    They all chuckle except Brenda looking at her boy with his head down and then rose up snarling
out, “Little brother how’d you like to take this outside?” I’ll show you about taking pain”.
Seth took a deep gulp and proceeded to eat.
    Spreading butter onto her bread, Brenda shook her head and said, “Enough boys!” It is dinner
time, use your manners please”.
“I’m gonna beat the heck out of him”, mumbled Shane.
Brenda heard her one boys comment and slammed the tub of butter hard onto the table.
Paul Gene quietly mumbled, “Woo-wee maws mad”.
    The boys rolled their eyes, well the ones you could notice, as they mumbled, “Uh oh.”
Furiously, “Can y’all ever just stop the fights”, said Brenda cutting up her slice of meatloaf.
Pouring gravy on his meat Paul Gene remained silent, as he knew how bad Brenda hated even
the word fight.
    “Sorry maw”, reaching for ketchup.
“Okay boy, just behave mostly at dinner”.
“Please.”
Paul Gene winked at his boys as they all grinned and ate dinner.
    Since they knew, it must have been hard to be the only woman in the house amongst all the
fellows.
In addition, their maw above all hated fights and the word made her cringe for some
reason.
She has been secret though as to why she hates fighting terribly, and Brenda definitely holds a
hidden family secret?
    She knew her boys love to be rough and were pure country boys.
The whole family was sitting eating and Seth asked, “Paw”.
“Yes boy?”
“Can I go hunt with my brothers?” All smirking.
    Paul Gene looked at Brenda who rose her black eyebrows and replied, “Well Seth soon your
frontier days will