tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post3221209525509037117..comments2024-03-26T14:40:52.346+00:00Comments on magpie bridge: LIFE WRITES A STORYPaul Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-29232637062325010072012-08-04T17:16:55.728+01:002012-08-04T17:16:55.728+01:00Thanks. It was only when I was writing up his stor...Thanks. It was only when I was writing up his stories after he had died that I got to reflecting on his mate who had shot a cow on guard duty. He did sell it to a butcher. The narrator's motives are made up but the background came from my dad. It had to be a put up job don't you think? I don't believe he just happened to kill a cow and find a butcher to take it off his hands. Too convenient a happening for fiction!Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-73554565425429452892012-08-04T01:04:59.848+01:002012-08-04T01:04:59.848+01:00That's a great story! Even more so as it was b...That's a great story! Even more so as it was based on a real one.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.com