Middledom

Memoirs

Hendrik de Jong (1896 – 1982)

Spring in the Air

It was in spring, the time when lambs were born. Father said to me, “look for the sheep, and see if everything is all right.” Well, I came into the country. The sheep were then still allowed to walk everywhere and I soon found them. But one was missing and I thought: where would it be. In a ditch? Maybe already drowned?

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