Cora
Once upon a time in a land far away...
A small village, the local storekeeper, and his five beautiful daughters. The two eldest, Abbey and Brita, about to be married to local boys - fine upstanding citizens - future mayer and judge - and quite handsome as well. The two youngest, Delia and Emily, young, flighty, and boy-crazy. The middle girl, always of her own mind, headstrong, and stubborn, the independent Cora. Working for her father at the store and over at the library. Cora filled her free time by cooking and baking any extra food stuffs to take to the poor families that lived on the outskirts of town.
I don’t know why Cora worked so hard, perhaps she felt the need to prove to the world that she was just as desirable as her older sisters and smarter than the younger girls. In any case, Cora was the most beloved of all five girls in town mainly because she had time to care about people while her sisters were involved in other pursuits.
In the spring, the Royal Guard returned to their training grounds at Fort George, just two miles from the village Night time activities erupted with the arrival of the soldiers. The pub overflowed and campfires glistened on hillsides every evening.
During the day, the enlisted, those who had time off, would lounge outside the store, on the wooden rocking chairs. Staring through the glistening windows into the neat and tidey room full of mounds of goods carefully arranged across tables and on shelfs. Beyond the store were four more large rooms were the females of town would wash so to pay for food stuffs from the store.
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