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#1: Margot's Walk - drabble for the Derbyshire Gather Author: Helen P, Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:13 pm
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Margot Maynard slipped out along the path without looking back. She was counting on nobody noticing her absence, and her triplets had agreed to cover for her in the unlikely event that a mistress realised she was missing.

“Len, Con, I simply must get away for a little while, just an hour, please. I need to think and I just can’t do it here, among all this crowd”. With a sweep of one arm she had indicated the rest of their form, as well as pupils further down the school, milling around the grounds, chatting and laughing in the sunshine. It was Saturday afternoon and this was free time for everyone, the Prefects keeping an eye on the proceedings as most people discussed their forms’ efforts for the forthcoming Sale.

Margot’s sisters had looked at her pale, agitated face, and at each other, and then nodded. They watched as she slipped off around the corner of the school, each wondering silently what was the matter.

As she left the school behind her, and the path began to climb more steeply, Margot began to relax and look around her, though her mind was still occupied with thoughts of her future. For some time now she had been realising that she may have a vocation, and frankly, the thought of it terrified her. She had long been labelled in her family as the ‘wild one’, a naughty girl - with a devil she conveniently blamed for all her misdeeds. Surely naughty children could not serve God effectively, she thought as she walked along. And yet… and yet… there was the thought, in her mind and she could not seem to shake it - that she would one day join an Order and be a missionary. But how could that be? And did she have the courage to follow it through? What would her friends say, and her family, when she told them? Her head was spinning with thoughts and for a while she hardly noticed her surroundings at all as she climbed the path, bending her knees automatically as she went.

When she had been walking for about half an hour, she sank down onto a rock by the side of the path. She closed her eyes for a moment, tired with the climb, and while her eyes were closed she found herself praying. “Father, show me the way. I think I know what you are asking me to do, and I think I want to do it, but I’m scared. I don’t know if I can. I’m not good enough to be a missionary, I never have been.” She sat quietly with her eyes still closed as tears seeped under her lashes and trickled down her pale cheeks.

When she opened her eyes, she was suddenly aware of the view. Mountains surrounded her, pointing upwards to the sky, and in front of her there was a break in the hills and she could see down to where the tiny houses dotted the landscape, looking like a toy village. She was filled with a sense of overwhelming peace, and a feeling of being a very small part of a huge created world.

The words of a Psalm came into Margot’s mind. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” And as Margot sat there, looking at her God’s creation, and pondering her future, she knew without a shadow of a doubt that her vocation was real, and that she need not fear. The hand that made this world, these hills and this view, would hold her safe as she went forward into the life she knew she was meant for.

As she descended the hill to return to school, Margot felt as though a weight had lifted from her shoulders, and a peace had settled on her at last. She had made her decision. Her future was settled.

#2: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:24 pm
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OOoh, that gave me goosebumps. It was lovely. Thanks for posting it.

#3: Author: nikkie, Location: Cumbria

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:25 pm
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Lovely Thanks Helen, hope you had a good day Smile

#4: Author: Rosy-Jess, Location: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:06 pm
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Ooooh. You posted it. Excellent. I do like your Margot!

#5: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:52 pm
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Lovely Very Happy

Glad you posted this.

Thanks, Helen

#6: Author: Sugarplum, Location: second star to the right!

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:11 am
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Lovely. Really Evocative. Thank you.

#7: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:10 am
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That was lovely, Helen.

#8: Author: MaryR, Location: Cheshire

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:00 am
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So who once said she couldn't write very well? Laughing

That was very moving, Helen, and yet full of peace.

Thank you.

#9: Author: Ruth B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:03 am
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That was lovely Helen, thank you.

#10: Author: Cath V-P, Location: Newcastle NSW

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:55 am
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Thank you Helen, that was very moving.

#11: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:14 pm
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That was wonderful, very emotive.

#12: Author: leahbelle, Location: Kilmarnock

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:57 pm
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What a lovely drabble. How nice to see the other side of Margot.

#13: Author: KathrynW, Location: London

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:28 pm
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That was beautiful Helen, thank you for sharing it with us all.

Kathryn

#14: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:15 am
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Beautiful, thank you Helen.

#15: Author: BethC, Location: Worcester, UK

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:15 pm
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Thank you, Helen!

#16: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:09 am
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Gorgeous, Helen. Thanks. Very Happy

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