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Summary: \u00a0<\/span>The Giggly Sisters cast their inimitable eye over some morning thoughts.<\/p>\n

Rated:<\/span> K+ \u00a0WC \u00a01500<\/p>\n

Home Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam got up slowly and stretched his weary arms over his head. Two weeks on the trail certainly didn’t do his back any favours. It was good to be back at home and sleeping in his own bed again! Walking across the room, he caught sight of himself in the looking glass and let out a small groan. His entire lower face was covered in a thicket of dark hair, obscuring his mouth and chin. It would take some considerable amount of time to shave it off and restore his normal saturnine good looks. Well, he’d tackle that little chore after breakfast – the enticing smell of pancakes and bacon wafting upstairs was too good to resist!<\/p>\n

It was a foregone conclusion that Hoss would already be at the table, along with Ben, the Patriarch of the Ponderosa, who laid great emphasis on punctuality and good table manners. Strangely enough, he never seemed to realise that the Cartwrights all used their cutlery in a most unorthodox way and had a distressing tendency to hold their knives as if they were pencils.<\/p>\n

Adam grunted a pleasantry and took a long swallow of coffee. My, that coffee pot was an incredible piece of precision engineering! It managed to keep the brew piping hot for simply hours! Perhaps it was something to do with the strange enamelled panels on the sides? There was a letter lying beside his plate, which he opened and began to devour with interest.<\/p>\n

A few moments later, Joe came trotting down the stairs, followed by the Giggly Sisters and Paw, their pet bear. “‘Mornin’ everyone!” he said cheerily, bestowing a cheery grin on his family as he ran a hand though his rumpled curls.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s the letter from, Adam?\u201d Ben said warily. How he hoped it wouldn\u2019t be a heretofore never heard-of friend who was coming to stay for a few days. Something dreadful seemed to happen every time they had guests at the Ponderosa.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom an old friend, keeping up to date with events at college,\u201d Adam said, slightly evasively. The sisters had noticed that he was noticeably reticent about exactly which college he had attended. They had their own thoughts on the subject, of course.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did you never write to me?\u201d Joe asked plaintively.<\/p>\n

Adam raised his eyebrows in surprise. \u201cWhen we live in the same house?\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe gave a small, sad smile. \u201cNo, I was talking about that time when you were away and I was in that terrible explosion. I was really badly hurt and you never even wrote to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam looked apoplectic. It was unusual for Joe to test his patience so thoroughly, so early in the morning. \u201cYou were blind!\u201d he exploded and Joe assumed a saintly expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cPa would have read it out loud, wouldn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben, who still didn\u2019t like to think about those dreadful days when they thought Joe would be blind forever, patted his youngest son lovingly on the hand. \u201cOf course I would have. I did everything I could for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The redhead heaved a sigh, and Ben looked at her. \u201cSo many JPMs,\u201d she said, in answer to his unspoken question. \u201cSo many shots of Joe looking totally gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was a tear-jerker,\u201d the blonde amplified, looking a little teary just thinking about it. \u201cOh, the emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben looked rather overcome for a moment, too, while Hoss wiped away a tear. He\u2019d done that in the episode, too, the sisters recalled. Adam rolled his eyes impatiently. \u201cJoe, you got your sight back, so it didn\u2019t matter that I didn\u2019t write while you couldn\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood thing you\u2019re so good at displaying your emotions,\u201d the redhead said to Joe. \u201cSince we got barely a flash from those lovely eyes of yours.\u201d She peered more closely, still not sure what colour his eyes were. Today, they looked more hazel than green.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never seemed to write many letters,\u201d the blonde said to Adam. \u201cDon\u2019t you like writing letters?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was far away,\u201d he replied, evasively. \u201cLetters would have taken a long time to get here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, apart from that time in The Other Son, when you told me about the nitro-glycerine,\u201d Ben reminded him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, and I never heard the end of how Joe fell down a mountain, and barely managed to keep the box from falling, too.\u201d Adam looked annoyed. \u201cPa, it wasn\u2019t my fault that the clerk at the Wells Fargo office in San Francisco got killed. Or that Andy Watson got blown to kingdom come. Or even that Joe fell down the mountain!\u201d<\/p>\n

The sisters looked a little sceptical, but they had to admit that Adam hadn\u2019t been anywhere near at the time. That had just been another unfortunate accident.<\/p>\n

Hoss sat munching on a bit of extra-crunchy bacon and wondered why he was never portrayed as reading much. There was a bookcase in his bedroom, but for some reason the scriptwriters never seemed to want to portray him as having any grounding in the literary arts. Talk about stereotyping! Didn\u2019t they realise he was an intensely cultured chap? He helped himself to another stack of pancakes and continued to muse on the injustices of size-conscious America.<\/p>\n

Ben leaned back in his chair and thought of all the times he had provided stirring radio broadcasts. Why, he was even known as the Voice of Canada and scarcely a day passed without his stentorian tones issuing forth, causing small animals to flee in terror. Oh happy days! Mind you, that was considerably more rewarding than working on the interminable account books. He hated it when the script called for him to be poring over ledgers. It was virtually impossible to keep an interested expression on his face and it was made even worse by his eldest son. Adam had developed a very bad habit of upstaging his father on those occasions, always wandering around in a highly disconcerting manner, sometimes even pinching his nose for added emphasis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something I always wondered about how you managed when you were blind,\u201d the blonde ventured, dribbling some rose-hip syrup over Paw\u2019s porridge. \u201cHow on earth did you ever manage to track down your bedroom? It\u2019s bad enough trying to work out where it is with 20-20 vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben gave her an old-fashioned look. He didn\u2019t really approve of young ladies talking about the boys\u2019 bedrooms and, if at all possible, liked to put female visitors in the downstairs bedroom. In many ways, Ben was still rather naive, despite having had three wives and it simply did not occur to him that the downstairs bedroom was rather secluded \u2026<\/p>\n

Joe decided it would be expedient to change the subject. \u201cWeren\u2019t you impressed with the way I was able to design that flume overnight in The Quest?\u201d he asked eagerly. The girls had always been impressed with many things about Joe, but this had indeed been a seminal moment for him. Strangely enough, many fanfic writers liked to portray the darling boy as being a less than enthusiastic student, which was hard to square with the irrefutable evidence that Joe had the necessary mathematical skills and draftsman\u2019s abilities to design the flume, while simultaneously have the actuarial knowledge to do all the costings, overheads etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re one heck of a guy!\u201d Adam said sardonically. \u201cOf course, when I was at college \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The redhead couldn\u2019t refrain from interrupting. \u201cNow, that\u2019s something I\u2019ve always wondered about. Wasn\u2019t it rather unusual to study architecture at college? I thought you were apprenticed to architect\u2019s office?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for some one of my skill and talent,\u201d Adam replied hastily. Only the slight flicker of panic in his eyes gave him away.<\/p>\n

At that point, Hop Sing bustled in the Territorial Enterprise. Once again, it was delivered in time for breakfast, just as it had been in A Passion of Justice, when Dr Zachary Smith (or was it Charles Dickens?) was staying on the Ponderosa. No one had ever been able to explain how the Cartwrights were able to get such an early-morning delivery, but allegations of children on hyperactive ponies were strongly denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything interesting in the paper?\u201d Adam asked, grateful for the change of subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Ben responded, after only a cursory glance. He folded it neatly and laid it by his plate. \u201cNow, boys, its time for round up again, so this will be the last meal at this table for a while. It\u2019ll be bedrolls on the ground again from now on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many round-ups do you have each year?\u201d asked blonde, interestedly. \u201cOne big one, with a couple of smaller ones? Or several big ones? In spring or in fall?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben smiled. He had learned the answer to questions like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s another story,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The End<\/p>\n

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