Doves Monologue
As Lenny walked through the orchard on a warm summer morning he was filled with an immense feeling of joviality. He had acquired a strong sense of pride for all the years he had worked and put his nose to the grindstone, for the sole purpose of fervency. The sun glimmered off the cherries in between the leafy branches, which never failed to dance in tune to the song of the wind. The apples dangled off the tree, pulling the branches back towards the earth. Anguta County was the perfect place for a man like Lenny. The people relied on self-sufficiency, and they thrived by using their resources. It was a close-knit community where everyone knew each other. The orchard was the one place where Lenny liked to be alone. There he became enveloped
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They gathered quite a lot of fruit, showing some hope for the future. When the winter finally came, the branches were stripped of all fruit and the trees were starting to die. While they were out on their typical afternoon walk they saw something unusual. A pack of doves, flying up above them eventually coming down to graze by the trees.
The doves often visited ever since Lenny had come back from the Hospital. They were incredibly eager to sit in the orchard for hours. The doves stayed all throughout winter, even when the trees were stripped of their leaves. The only sign of life that remained in the orchard was the doves.
Before they knew it winter had gone & spring was upon them. They waited and waited but the fruit never grew back. No matter how hard they tried or hoped, the orchard was beyond fixing. The bakery closed and over the years the weeds accumulated until the orchard wasn’t even well enough to walk through. Esther and Lenny learned to forget and remember all at the same time. It was the only way to grieve such a loss. This was a painstakingly long process, that required time. The orchard was the one thing that was familiar to them. It felt like home and now over the course of a winter, their home was gone. Although the orchard would never come back, the doves did. They stayed, watching over the couple until they too were
They gathered quite a lot of fruit, showing some hope for the future. When the winter finally came, the branches were stripped of all fruit and the trees were starting to die. While they were out on their typical afternoon walk they saw something unusual. A pack of doves, flying up above them eventually coming down to graze by the trees.
The doves often visited ever since Lenny had come back from the Hospital. They were incredibly eager to sit in the orchard for hours. The doves stayed all throughout winter, even when the trees were stripped of their leaves. The only sign of life that remained in the orchard was the doves.
Before they knew it winter had gone & spring was upon them. They waited and waited but the fruit never grew back. No matter how hard they tried or hoped, the orchard was beyond fixing. The bakery closed and over the years the weeds accumulated until the orchard wasn’t even well enough to walk through. Esther and Lenny learned to forget and remember all at the same time. It was the only way to grieve such a loss. This was a painstakingly long process, that required time. The orchard was the one thing that was familiar to them. It felt like home and now over the course of a winter, their home was gone. Although the orchard would never come back, the doves did. They stayed, watching over the couple until they too were