Chapter 6
Janice I seen some pheasant in the apple trees I am going to get some for supper. You taking Mona you know she won't let you go alone.
Ok but I am taking Cindy I grabbed the food bag and the cross bow went out gathered the girls to head back to the house and told Cindy we were going after supper. Mona was following quietly behind we got to the apple tree and four pheasants were in the tree I took aim with a practice head and I dropped the first and second the other two took flight I whispered freeze and they landed twenty yards away I shot the back one and then the lead and said, "OK Cindy go fetch them."
"Me you want me to pick them up no way."
"Not only are you going to pick them up your going to clean them."
"Cindy we are a family we live work together."
"But nobody said anything about touching dead animals."
"You had no problem eating the dead animal this morning."
"That's different."
"What's different about it I shot it Janice and I cleaned it we all transported it we all helped skin it now we all enjoy eating it."
Cindy said, "I can't I won't." I went over grabbed her and bent down and put her over my knee and spanked her.
"You bastard, you got no right," whack five more times she was screaming and I said, "You will learn to do as your told."
"I will not touch those birds."
I put her back over my knee, "No please don't."
Whack five more times and said now, "Pick up the birds that is all of our supper."
She went and picked up the birds her ass was glowing red. She came back and I said watch me I will do the first one you will do the other three."
"No way I can't do that I went to grab her she stepped back into the barrel of a shotgun. Cindy freaked and Mona said, "I want supper too and I don't care whether it's the birds or I field dress you meat is meat."
"No way you wouldn't." and she heard the shotgun pump and a shell go in the chamber.
"Oh My god you're serious as piss ran down her leg."
"You bet your ass she is serious we got to be ready and willing to kill because you never know what needs killing. If you can't produce no one is going to carry you give you food you don't earn why should we."
She started to cry and dropped to her knees.
"Show me," and I plucked the bird and then sliced off the head and tail and with my hand pulled out the inside she did it got sick once but did it, "There are you satisfied."
"No, but you should be you just made sure your mother and sisters have food tonight."
She went to put them in the bag and I said, "No we wash them off in the stream as well as your hands."
We were walking across the field when I seen a tail I signaled stop Cindy went to speak and Mona put a hand over her mouth as I raised the bow I fired with the broad head and took down a fox. I reloaded with the second bolt all the while Mona had the shotgun raised at the ready Cindy was just froze like a statue. After we walked up on the fox it was a neck shot killed instantly.
Mona said, "Good job."
Cindy said, "It's a cute fox what so good about it? I pulled the dressing knife out of it sheaf fasted to my leg and stated cleaning.
I said, "Cindy this is the same as a deer only smaller."
Cindy was mad, "Why did you kill the fox?"
Mona said, "Cindy you are my best friend how did you get so stupid."
"Yea best friend you were going to shoot me."
"Not likely with an empty gun I don't think so."
"But you forced me to do that disgusting thing and now I am carrying these dead things and he is gutting a poor defenceless fox."
Mona said, "Do you know what a fox favourite meal is?"
"It is chicken and chicken eggs. Now we feed our chickens we raise them so who deserves the eggs us or this chicken thief?"
"That is the first part second what winter clothing do you and your family got don't you think fox fur will help keep them warm. That is what master is doing getting the hide for clothing."
"There are no stores we have to live off the land or die on it. Your family was about to die on it."
"Mona I don't know if I can do this."
I said, "Cindy I care for you but you must all learn to help out this is just food or clothing nothing more nothing less if a man or women attacks our place we will kill them as easy as those pheasants or this fox we must or they will kill us it is that simple we can't call 911 there isn't any there is only one law survival of the fittest."
"We must be hard, we can't give away or let them take our seeds or provisions we would surely starve, and you know what that feels like. If I have to give you a red ass to get it to sink in so be it."
"Master I am sorry I was thinking of me and not a bigger picture but your hands are strong and my ass can attest to that master."
Mona said, "I would hug you but I can't we are too close to the woods smell of this carcass will bring more predators we must hurry and leave this place." You see his bow it's got a broad head that's a killing head not a practice head for birds."
"I reloaded and now have number two shot in here which will bring down a small bear but not a big one. We heard thrashing in the woods and I started yelling everybody yell top of your lungs keep it going I am almost done here." I finished with the hide and I said, "Let's go walk don't run and I kept looking back soon two bears were fighting over the carcass.