YOUNG MAN ARE

YOUNG MAN ARE OUR GTI HENRY SAID YOU MIGHT SELL IT FARM THIS FARM IS ALL OUR FAMILY HAS LEFT MA'AM DO YOU 20TH ANNIVERSARY GTI NO I ONLY KNOW THE FARM BILLS KEEP COMING THEN LET ME RESTORE ITS REAL VALUE FOR YOU THIS VW GTI 20TH ANNIVERSARY WAS NOT SITTING AND ROSE'S RED BARN BECAUSE THEY STOPPED CARING ABOUT IT THERE BECAUSE THE FARM HAD THING THEY WERE STILL FIGHT FOR WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED ROSE STOOD BESIDE THE DUSTY YELLOW GTI WITH ONE HAND AND THE OTHER CANE WHILE HENRY HELD LIKE HE WAS AFRAID THE NEXT KNOCK HER DOWN THE CAR WAS COVERED IN FARM LEAVES AND YEARS OF NEGLECT BUT THE WAY ROSE LOOKED AT HAD ONCE MEANT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL SHE SAID IT WAS THEIR ANNIVERSARY CAR BOUGHT BACK WHEN THE FARM MONEY DRIVE INTO TOWN WITHOUT COUNTING EVERY GALLON OF GAS BUT THE LAST FEW SEASONS HAD BEEN CRUEL BAD WEATHER RUINED CROPS EQUIPMENT KEPT BREAKING FEED COSTS WENT AND EVERY BILL SEEMED TO ARRIVE FASTER THAN THEY COULD BREATHE HENRY'S KNEES WERE FAILING ROSE WAS GETTING WEAKER BUT THEY KEPT DELAYING DOCTOR VISITS ALWAYS CAME FIRST A BEER HAD ALREADY TOLD THEM THE GTI DIRTY AND WORTH ONLY A SMALL OFFER HENRY ALMOST BELIEVED HIM ARE SCARED OF LOSING LAND PASSED DOWN THROUGH THREE GENERATIONS ANY MONEY STARTS A RESCUE BUT THE MOMENT YELLOW PAINT UNDER THE DIRT I KNEW THIS SOME FORGOTTEN HATCHBACK 20TH ANNIVERSARY GTI AND THE RIGHT ENTHUSIAST WOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY IT MATTERED I TOLD HENRY TO SELL IT WE STARTED BY CLEARING WEEDS TIRES WASHING THICK DIRT OFF THE HOOD CLEANING THE GLASS OPENING THE INTERIOR AND CHECKING THE THAT HAD BEEN SLEEPING BESIDE YEARS EVERY LAYER WE BACK ANOTHER MEMORY ABOUT GROCERY RUNS THAT TURNED INTO COUNTRY DRIVES HE USED TO THERE AFTER LONG DAYS JUST SO THE BRIGHTEN THE BARNYARD DAY THE COLOR STARTED COMING BACK DAY THE INTERIOR LOOKED ALIVE AGAIN A FOLDER IN THE GLOVE BOX WITH THE ORIGINAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY SERVICE RECORDS AND OF HENRY AND STANDING BESIDE THE CAR ON SURPRISED HER WITH ROSE COVERED HER MOUTH WHEN SHE SAW IT HENRY JUST STARED LIKE HE HAD VERSION OF HIMSELF I SENT THE PAPERWORK AND PHOTOS TO A SERIOUS VW COLLECTOR 10 MINUTES LATER BACK AND SAID DO NOT SELL ANYONE ELSE I AM DRIVING OVER TOMORROW THE NEXT MORNING THE COLLECTOR FARM WERE PREPARING TO START THE GTI FOR THE FIRST ROSE HELD HER CANE TIGHTER HENRY WHISPERED IF IT RUNS KEEP THE FARM I TURNED THE KEY THE ENGINE THE OLD BARN WENT COMPLETELY QUIET AND THEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED YOU WANT THE GTI STARTED