The Farm-Boy and the Girl in the Cotton Dress

He fell in love with her the moment he saw.   She in her cotton dress, dancing in the wind, as she passed by. She was this beautiful creature that God had created at leisure and with care.

He had known her since they were little. They studied in the same school, however never talking to each other cause of an age old family feud that kept them away from each other. But that never stopped him from swooning over her without letting her know. 

He dropped out of school to tend to his family’s land while she continued her education, even going to the city for her studies. He was all caught with his farming but oh how he loved and missed her. He always felt that for her he didn’t exist as she was always surrounded by her friends, never truly acknowledging him.

Years passed by and the ancient feud was all but forgotten. She came back to tend to her ailing parents. She still wore her cotton frock that would dance in the wind as she passed by. She was even more beautiful than he had known her. 

He lost his heart all over again. But he didn’t have the courage to tell her. He always wondered if someone so well educated and beautiful could love someone like him, a simple country bumpkin.

One day he finally found it in himself to talk to her. He approached her and introduced himself. She initially was taken aback and looked at him with surprise. She listened to him attentively as he explained to her about the feud that had kept them apart, and then he told her how he loved her.

He paused and tried to study her reaction,  wondering yet again if someone like her could love someone like he. She finally looked at him smiled, and with that smiled began their courtship. She knew who he was, had seen and known him all her life, it was just his shy nature had kept her from befriending him. 

Their courtship was initially met with resistance but finally things fell in place. Come spring, the following year, they were married and started a family of their own, putting an end to the age-old feud. 

And so their love story came to be known about the young farm boy and the girl in the cotton dress.