Epilogue To The Story Of David The Shepherd

     One afternoon, Bill and miself had finished shearing early. He said to me,
“Ya wanna’ go visit David on the way home? I owe him a lot of money and one of the farmers just paid me. His wife has been ringing me up looking for his money. They’re pretty broke.”
“Did she say how his health is?”
“Yeah, he’s on his death bed, poor bastard. They don’t expect him to last the night out. She needs the money for his the funeral and stuff.”
     When we got to Davids’ cottage, Bill apologized for not getting Davids’ money to her sooner. After he explained the situation to her, she understood.
“Is it alright to see David?”, I asked.
“Yes Yorky. He told me a lot of funny tales about you. I’m sure he would love to see you before he goes but don’t stay too long as he’s very weak.”
     Inside Davids’ bedroom, it was very dark as all the curtains were closed. David was laid on his back in bed with the covers pulled up under his chin.
“David, how are ya mate? It’s Yorky.”
     In a very feeble voice he said,
“Yorky, how are you?”
“I’m good mate but you don’t look too good.”
“I’m not going to last the night out Yorky. I’ll be gone by the morning.”
“Nah mate, you’ll be alright.”, I said and cracked a short joke to try and cheer him up. In reality, I was trying to cheer miself up. I had to swallow a big lump in mi through and fight back the tears.
“I can’t laugh at ya jokes anymore Yorky. I’m not in the mood and I’m too weak.”
“I’m sorry about that  David, it wasn’t very thoughtful of me.
“That’s alright Yorky, don’t apologize. There’s a knife in that drawer over there. Would you get it for me?”
“Sure David, no problem.”
     I opened the drawer and took out the knife I had given him as a present.
“This one mate?”
“Yeah, that’s it Yorky.”
     Before I handed him the knife I said,
“You’re not going to do anything silly with it are you?”
“No Yorky, I want to give it back to you with as much love as you gave it to me. I won’t be needing it where I’m going.”
“Thank you David. I’m sorry things have turned out this way for you mate.”
“Don’t be Yorky. I don’t need anybody feeling sorry for me. My time is up. We’ve all got to go when our time’s up. Can you come a bit closer.?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“You’re a wonderful man Yorky. you brought me a lot of love and laughter in mi last days. I want to say, thank you.”
“You’re a great man yourself David. I learned a lot from you. Not just about lambing either. I won’t ever forget you David.”
“Please go now Yorky, I’ve got to prepare myself for the journey.”
“Alright. Goodbye David.”

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