THE SPIRIT OF VERONA
Author: E. Verna Turner
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The rolling fur balls? They are jumpy chubby wild angora rabbits. Dozen upon dozen of them running around the lagoon. Loren advised the kids to be careful because they might bite them. They are wild, not ordinary rabbits and their species are extra ordinary, bigger than normal.Each one weighs at least 5 lbs. to 11 lbs. Tamara caught the first angora rabbit, the one she keeps chasing. White hairy creature and a little tame. Its hair is soft and snuggly like a big white cotton ball. It tries to escape but she held her body so tight never wanting it to escape. Next it was Cade and Eric who caught the second and third fur balls err, angora. Cade got hold of a brown and white color hairy angora while Eric chased and caught a greyish white angora. They all have big red eyes and fluffy ears wiggling their funny but cute noses. There are so many of these angora rabbits running wildly on the grass Loren and Jenna joined the kids catch them one by one. They all jumped, they slide and had so much fun picking them one by one with their bare hands. Later they got tired and got a big net to have them enclosed once and for all.
"Hurray! hurray!!!!! " Cade shouted. "We've got them all!" Yeheyyyyy!" How happy the whole group of kids. The elders were so happy with their find. "Where those angoras came from?" Grandma Olivia," asked them.
"Grandma they all just appeared on the grassland like fur balls." Maybe they come out from the cave. Who knows?" Jenna said.
They gathered about 71 of these chubby angora rabbits with beautiful hairy fur. According to grandma Olivia they shed so much hair and their thick fur or hair is good as wool. How happy she is when Grandpa Gustavo and Panfilo made another manual weaving machine after all those rabbits were put inside the cage. But of course a spinning machine is first required to make the threadlike yarn from those hair. Their hair is so smooth and Olivia knew already what she can produce from those shiny, smooth hairy fur. She brought with her set of knitting tools and crochet instruments.
Indeed the island has lots to offer for their creative minds. They need something to do and keep their minds busy while being stranded there at the island, especially her and Gustavo. They are already old and they want to have a good life and peace of mind. Gustavo is a retired US Navy, a mechanic. He hailed from Italy, from the city of Verona. Olivia and her family also hailed from Verona. Olivia is a retired chemist by occupation. They want to make the island another Verona if God permits. How they can accomplish a big task being stranded there for years is unknown to them They have a big boat but the amount of fuel, the gas is not enough for the next voyage. For the meantime with equally powerful thinker in this clan whose occupation from their homeland is unequal in that period of time.
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