In his first spring in a new land, Pietro took a cutting from a peach tree and inserted it into a slit on the branch of a living plum tree. A graft, like himself: an Italian transplanted into the Canadian landscape.
Bound together, two fruits would flourish on one tree.
Teresa Del Mastro sends Tim 50-word stories from Toronto. She creates them in Kerry Hodgson’s basement at her writing group.
A nice story. It feels almost like a haiku.
Loved it. Hope you win best story of the week.
This deserves best story of the year imo!
So touching and truly beautiful!
Beautiful and so true!