A Patch of Yellow
Lisa Talbott
- Billy
- was
- around
- four
- years
- old
- when
- he
- and
- his
- baby
- sister,
- Marley,
- were
- dumped
- in
- the
- barn
- of
- a
- middle-aged,
- childless,
- Welsh
- sheep
- farming
- couple,
- at
- the
- end
- of
- the
- Second
- World
- War.
- A
- traumatised
- little
- boy
- who
- didn't
- even
- know
- he
- had
- a
- surname,
- who'd
- never
- seen
- stars
- at
- nighttime,
- nor
- ever
- known
- the
- meaning
- of
- a
- mother's
- love.Emma
- and
- Ted
- could
- never
- have
- anticipated
- their
- farming
- lives
- being
- turned
- upside
- down
- as
- much,
- yet
- felt
- blessed
- at
- the
- opportunity
- to
- become
- the
- parents
- they'd
- always
- hoped
- to
- be,
- but
- was
- the
- abandonment
- of
- these
- innocents
- the
- result
- of
- trying
- to
- hide
- an
- unthinkable
- secret?As
- the
- 'foundlings'
- grew
- up,
- they
- could
- not
- have
- been
- more
- opposite.
- Marley
- was
- hell-bent
- on
- becoming
- a
- vet,
- wanting
- to
- save
- every
- animal
- on
- the
- planet,
- whilst
- Billy
- was
- dithering
- about
- becoming
- a
- ballet
- dancer,
- or
- a
- boxer.Ivan,
- the
- hired
- farm
- hand
- and
- war
- hero,
- became
- Billy's
- mentor
- and
- best
- friend.
- He
- understood
- his
- persona
- and
- through
- his
- love
- and
- nurturing,
- Billy
- flourished
- into
- becoming
- a
- 'somebody'.What
- maketh
- a
- man?
- Is
- it
- nature,
- or
- is
- it nurture?
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