As the Heart Grows Older
by Paul Moffett
Wesley loved the chickens, but he knew Max was the most important animal on the farm.
The Klassen farm was only about three hundred acres of workable potato fields—not large, but enough. The potatoes mostly went to McDonald’s, to become anonymous French fries.
The land was flat, but the homestead was sheltered by a small forest, and the house itself sat on a hill. It wasn’t a livestock farm, but they did keep chickens.
Wesley took personal responsibility for their daily care, and for collecting the eggs. Waldemar and Sheila sometimes whispered that Wesley might be the real […]
