Marie Lake: Easy Come, Easy Go – Chapter 4 of 11
Harold playing with his pet mink.
Spring, 1947
Shortly after arriving in Marie Lake, dad told me he wanted to see me down at the mink pens. “Damn, what have I done now?” 1 I could think of plenty, but nothing down by the mink pens. At six, I had been known to get into ‘occasional’ mischief so I was worried as I followed mom and dad toward the pens.
In the enclosure, they walked toward the pen of a mink named “Kits”, a female who always produced large litters. At the Smith Place, dad had given special attention to Kits when she became sick. He and mom helped nurse her back to health and she had become ‘friendly’ but was far from being a pet. Dad could handle her without gloves but we kids never took a chance. We could let her out of her pen and she would stay nearby waiting for the scraps of food we always kept handy. Kits came to Marie Lake with dad’s share of the stock.
They stopped in front of Kit’s pen. Judgment Day!
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Cheers,
Harold
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