Logs

The man with the small hobby farm was clearing some of his land.

He burned most of what he’d cleared, but made a stack of logs. He decided that there may be those who could use them, as the recent weather had been particularly cold. He put a small pile at the front with a sign saying they were for sale. He wouldn’t charge much. In rural communities it was generally accepted that they all look after one another in times of need. However, looking out of his front window the next morning, he saw what was obviously the exception to this unspoken understanding. It was the miserly old codger from a little further up the lane. He was loading the pieces into the back of his old utility vehicle as silently as he could. With that, he drove away quietly, with obviously no intention to pay for them!

Although the man was his neighbour, he had never liked him. He was rude and never had a kind word to say about anything or anybody. He decided that he would gather up more logs later that day and replace them, with the idea that he’d keep a sharp look out.

Sure enough, early the next morning the battered truck was there again. Like the day before, the timber was taken with no intention of paying for it. Watching this, the man began to form an idea. Being something of a keen carpenter he selected a suitable piece from his stack and took it to his workshop. There, he found the unused stick of dynamite, left over from a time when he needed to dislodge large boulders on his property. He carefully measured its diameter, then drilled into the end of the log. When the stick was firmly in place, he made a wooden plug and glued it in. Sanding the end made what he’d done invisible. Then, later that day, it went out the front with other pieces, to form another small pile.

It had been the following morning, after he had looked on, witnessing the prepared pile being stolen, yet again, that he had a troubling thought. It occurred to him that the rotter might be just brazen enough to sell the logs on to one of the good folks that live in the village. What if this rogue sold the wood to one of his best friends who would have no idea what danger they were in.

Each day that passed had him thinking about how he could put the matter right, without exposing the nature of what he had done; each time without success.

However, it was a few sleepless nights later that he heard the explosion coming from just a short distance away.

With an evil grin, he relaxed.

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