This week I received a visit from my cousin, Lord Bramble. Bramble is not a real ‘Lord’ by the way! I feel I should point that out. You see, our family titles are simply acronyms for our various occupations and talents. Whilst I am an Earl (Environmental Appreciation of Rural Lands), Bramble is a Lord (Latent Obsessive Rambling Disorder). Simply put, he likes to wander.
We’ve been friends since childhood, where we spent many weekends foraging andexploring the woodland around our village. Rummaging through the densest undergrowth and the thickest hedgerows, we became quite skilled at sourcing sweet treats and Bramble had a real knack for finding the juiciest berries, however well concealed. It was on one of these jaunts that everything changed.
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The full version of this story is available in
'BERGAMOT, EARL OF GREY' VOLUME 1.