White in Winter: A five minute (maybe a little more) freewrite by ntowl

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White in Winter: A five minute (maybe a little more) freewrite
A white birch tree in winter, is that what you think of when you hear the word "bark"? That's what came to my mind in today's freewrite posted by @mariannewest. 

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Heather drove her red tractor out of the shed. The snowblower attachment immediately went to work displacing the eight inches of heavy wet snow that fell over night. 

*At least this is better than the old one*, she thought remembering the days of the walk-behind push snowblower. *I get to sit down, and it isn't as cold as I thought it'd be*. 

It took her some time to get used to maneuvering the large beast around, but finally she got the hang of it. The biggest part was remembering to crank the chute in the right direction before moving forward. 

*Only a couple more passes*, she thought and directed the tractor in a big curve to line up just right so the snow would be thrown into the yard. 

"Stop," she heard over the rumbling of the engine. She looked around and didn't see anyone. The voice had been so soft...*I must have imagined it*.

Pressing the pedal she started moving forward and the machine beneath her happily moved the snow from the driveway out into the air and a good twenty feet into the yard. 

"Stop."

She heard it again. This time she took of her winter hat and turned off the engines. Silence, except for the cars on the nearby highway. 

Looking around her eyes landed on the three white birch trees in her yard. Halfway up the trees' silvery-white bark had turned an awful green-brown. All the trees had a swath across their trunks, just at the height of where the snow was thrown. 

She felt it more now than heard it. The pain, the pleading. 

A tear escaped the corner of her eye,  "I will." 

She turned the chute and angled it so the snow landed just off the driveway and far away from the trees. 


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