ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR (VOL. A)

“So, you need to hold the axe this way, otherwise you won’t be able to control it properly, you might miss the wood and hit your leg, or something on that same line of danger, okay? Now let me see you try.”

Eron was taking the time to explain step by step the whys and hows of the first work he had done in the lumber yard when he first arrived. He thought that working with the axe would be the less dangerous option for the new kid among the many different jobs that they had in the yard. He chose that instead of taking him to one of the machines or letting him go with the team who cut or transported the logs.

And the former city boy took his time working with Orlando.

With determination, the still-tense newb followed step by step all his lumberyard nanny’s instructions. He carefully aimed, held the axe tightly in his hands and hit the first blow.

“Good job!” The less new of the two celebrated newcomers enthusiastically praised as the kid smiled widely. “Now just remember well the posit