Chapter 9: Wet
During the wet season life sometimes became slightly more difficult. Unlike the southern part of the state, the rain here would pour for days. The ground turned into red slush and pools of water appeared in the most unlikely places. So much rain also meant the air strip was closed. That meant no mail, no newspapers, no bread, and no milk. Brandon didn’t care about newspapers or milk, but he hated not getting mail. The plane only came twice a week as it was, but sometimes the air strip could be closed for two weeks. Two weeks without mail nearly drove Brandon crazy.
Finally, when the rain had soaked into the normally parched earth and everything had dried off, the plane was able to land and with it came a letter from Brandon’s mother and another one from Frank.
Curious, Br
