Story 313 Riya's Farming Surprise.

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        At four in the morning, a car left a house in Hillsborough in Auckland. It drove across to a house in the nearby suburb of Lynfield. An older man was driving, and another man was beside him. An older lady, the driver's wife, sat in the back seat. At the second house, a man and a younger woman were waiting for them.
        The people in the car changed places with the newcomers. While the older man was still driving, his wife had moved forward to join him in the front seat. In the back, the young woman, still a teenager at 19, was in the centre with a man on either side of her.
        Leaving Peter’s house, the car made its way through Mount Roskill to reach the Southwestern Motorway. At the interchange, the car turned north towards Auckland City. It drove through the Waterview Tunnel and came out onto the Northwestern, turning towards the CBD. At the large interchange fondly known as Spaghetti Junction, the car took the bypass to the Northern Motorway, coming out onto Highway 1.

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Hello from Asami.

            While in India and travelling to Perth, Riya had mentioned she was looking forward to visiting Tom's farm. Right back to when Tom and Betty were in India for Katrina's wedding, Riya was a little girl who had been interested in the photos Betty had of their cows and farm. Now, she was still interested in animals and was working towards becoming a vet.
            Well, when we got into writing all the other stories and forgot about the farm. Suddenly, we realised we had missed it out, and the New Zealand trip stories were almost completed.
            “We could work it in on their last day in New Zealand,” Rochelle said.
            “But they have a final party at Mike's house,” Anne challenged her.
            “But that is in the afternoon and evening. Warkworth is close to Auckland; they could go up during the day.”
            So, that was how the idea came about. They were rushing to get another story finished, which came out to be Story 312, so this one has become Story 313. I was writing it with Rochelle's help. Susan designed the main sex scene in the car for us as well. It was all done in a bit of a rush.
            Once this story is put in place, we can finish the final story in this section. But I hear they are having trouble with Story 314, The Final Party. There might be a bit of a wait for that one. It is even possible there might be a story regarding getting back to India, although I think the writing team is tired of travelling stories.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Asami and Rochelle.

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Story 312 Tane Mahuta

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Hi from Shanti.
        We have been back from our trip to the Kia Iwi Lates for months now. Our overseas visitors have all returned to their homes. It has been a busy time writing, and some great stories have been published in the Letters Books. Now three big volumes have been added to the Letters Collection, and the other day we published what we thought was the last of the stories about our trip adventures. Suddenly, I received word from India and Australia that there were two late stories to be added, since neither of them were long, we have agreed to add them in.
        This first one comes from Ginger in Australia. Ginger hasn't written much, but she and her husband, Fred, were fully involved in all the fun. It turns out Ginger writes poetry, which surprised me. She wrote a poem from the last few days we were camping. When I read her poem, I realised none of us had mentioned this extra adventure. While it is not sexy, I believe it should still be included in this series.
        Let me hand over to Ginger now.

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Hello from Kim.

            My partner, Allan Snr, has been writing all his adult life. He had a blog on finance, then he started a blog on postage stamps. Now he has that SI project. He has also written in this blog as well. But at first, before he had a computer, he was writing poetry. Once he showed me his poems, all neatly typed out and placed in a folder. Some were a bit strange, but most are quite good.
            At a writer's meeting, I remembered one poem he wrote about the large Kauri, Tane Mahuta. This famous tree was just north of where the Letters group were camping. I said, “It was a pity we had finished those stories because we could have included Allan Snr's poem.”
            “We still could,” Susan said, “We just need to come up with an excuse why this poem story arrived late.”
            “Maybe if a character who doesn't usually write stories could write a poem for fun, and someone suggests putting it into the Letters Books.”
            So that was our plan. Ginger from Australia was chosen as our author, and she didn't intend it to be published until Paula and Donald saw it.

Allan Snr here.
            I had no intention of publishing that poem. It was just a fun thing I wrote in 1983. (Yes, Anne, you probably weren't even a twinkle in your Dad's eye back then.) But then Kim suggested it at that meeting, and the idea took off. Kim wrote the story, adding my poem as the feature.
            I don't know why they were prepared to make so many changes to fit it in. It wasn't even sexy, although Kim hinted at some sexy fun on the drive up to the Kauri.
            I wrote the poem after I had been travelling up north over the summer with a couple of friends. My son was staying with my parents in Auckland, and they gave me a week to get away for a break. Anyway, we were camping at Opononi at the entrance to the Hokianga Harbour when we decided to visit Tane Mahuta early in the morning, as we heard it was the best time. The poem describes that event.
            Tane Mahuta is 30 minutes south of Opononi and 20 minutes north of Kia Iwi Lakes.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Kim and Allan Snr.

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