At a time, there was a boy named Mark and a girl named Mary. Both of them, at first, did not have any siblings. Both families knew each other well. Mark and Mary were both home-schooled by their parents. Each set of parents knew each other since first grade. Mark was about age 7, and Mary was about age 6. Mark and Mary were both born in September. Mark and Mary loved each other very much. Both of them dreamed of getting married when they turned adult. Both of them were well-behaved children. They both respected their parents very much and were very obedient. Neither of them tried any pranks nor run away. Their parents took care of them and their needs very well. When both of them had free-time, they would talk or play together. They would read books when only one of them had free time. They would read mostly from Christian authors like CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
Both families owned a farm which was a few miles from town. It had a lot of apple trees, some cows, some chickens, some pigs, and a few horses. The houses were a few yards apart from each other and a few yards from the farm. Mark and Mary were both taught cooking, horse riding, and other skills. Both families would ride their horses to church on sundays. On a hot day in summer, there was a fire at the farm. The parents died trying to put it out. They fought many fires before, but this one was too big. The animals managed to get to a safe location. Mark and Mary quickly rode two of the horses to town and quickly came back with help. Their parents were dead and a few trees caught fire by the time they came back. The group of people managed to put out the fire and to save the rest of the trees. Neither house caught fire. A funeral was held and their parents were buried right after the fire was put out. Neither set of parents had a will nor was there any relatives alive.
Mark and Mary were adopted by two families from church. The two families moved to the two houses they lived in and continued the education their parents started. The income of Mark’s parents was put into a bank account for Mark, and the income of Mary’s parents was put into a bank account for Mary. The land and both houses were given to the adopting families. The adoption became final by September. Both families had only one child before adopting. Mark became the older brother of a sister named Sarah, and Mary became the older sister of a brother named Samuel. Sarah was about age 4, and Samuel about age 3. Both of them were born in March. These parents knew the previous parents and each other since 9th grade. Several rooms were added to both houses, one being a bedroom for the younger child. The two families also built a new barn for the cows and chickens, and they added a stable for the horses.
Mark and Mary continued in the activities they did before their parents’ death with only a few alterations. At first, they gave a tour of the land and houses. Then, in the months that followed, they helped the families to adjust to the new lifestyle. Once both families were settled, the 4 children would talk and play together in their free-time. Even then, Mark and Mary did have dreams of marrying each other. The other children did not have immediate plans of getting married. Both families still rode on the horses to church.
Mark and Mary became better in cooking and horse riding, and became skilled in art and music. Sarah and Samuel were taught the skills Mark and Mary were taught. The new parents taught Mark and Mary archery.
All of the animals multiplied to several dozen of each kind. The new parents would at intervals go to town and sell a small portion of each and buy a few things with the money. The new parents at one time bought several dozen sheep with a sheep dog and additional land, and at another time they bought wood-working equipment.
3 years after the fire on a night in winter, a pack of wolves came and attacked the sheep. The new parents died trying to protect the sheep. They fought wolves before, but there were too many this time. Mark and Mary killed a number of the wolves with their bows and arrows while Sarah and Samuel went into town to get help. The town people managed to either drive off the remaining wolves or kill them. The wolves only killed a few of the sheep, and only some were wounded. The new parents died from wolf bites. These parents did not either have a will or any alive relatives. The funeral and burring were done the morning after.
Again, the 4 children were adopted by two families from church. The new families also moved to the two houses and continued the education of the previous parents. The income of Sarah’s parents was divided evenly among her and Mark. The income of Samuel’s parents was divided evenly among him and Mary. Again, the houses and land were given to the new families. The adoption became final by March. The families both had fraternal twins before adopting. Mark and Sarah become the older siblings of Abraham and Abigail, who were of age 4 and born in June. Mary and Samuel become the older siblings of Barnabas and Bathsheba, who were of age 3 and born in December. These parents knew the previous parents and each other since the freshman year of college. No rooms were added to either house. The boys in each household shared the older boy’s bedroom, and the girls in each household shared the older girl’s bedroom.
A tour of the land and houses was given to the new parents also. And again, the children helped the new families settle in. When everyone was settled in, the 8 children spent free time together. The two families still rode to church on horses. Both Mark and Mary still dreamed of getting marrying each other then. Mark and Mary were taught some carpentry, Sarah and Samuel were taught archery, and the 4 other children were taught cooking and horse ridding. All of the animals increased to several hundred.
At intervals, the new parents would go on trips to sell a portion of each kind of animal and come back with several things. One time they came back with telephones (one for each room), another time they came back with computers (one for each child), and several times came back with books.
3 years after the wolf attack, the parents died while hiking during one of these trips; the ground was slippery and they fell off a cliff. Nothing was bought on this trip. They did not either have a will or any relatives left. The income each set of parents had was divided evenly among their children (both adopted and biological). Mark was allowed to take care of his siblings, and Mary was allowed to take care of her siblings. Each of the children managed to live off the land. Mark and Mary got an education from the books they read. The other children got their education from Mark and Mary.
When Mary was 21 and Mark was 22, they started to make plans for their wedding. Sarah and Samuel both enrolled for the military. Sarah joined the Army as a nurse, and Samuel joined the Air Force as a pilot. The other 4 children decided several years before to go to the town’s public highschool. Abraham and Abigail were in the 11th grade. Barnabas and Bathsheba were in the 10th grade. Mark and Mary gathered all of their friends and had their wedding in April. Sarah was found by a guy in the Army, and she married him 4 years after Mark and Mary’s wedding in the month of October. Samuel found a gal in the Air Force and married her the November after Sarah’s wedding. After highschool, Abraham, Abigail, Barnabas, and Bathsheba all went to 4 different colleges that were out-of-state. Abraham found a lady from his college and married her 4 years after Samuel’s wedding in the month of May. Abigail was found by a man in her college, and she married him the July after Abraham’s wedding. Barnabas found a gal from his college and married her the August after Abigail’s wedding. Bathsheba was found by a guy from her college, and she married him the December after Barnabas’s wedding.
6 years after all of the weddings in the month of January, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, and Bathsheba all got pregnant with triplets (one week after another). In February, the wives of Samuel, Abraham, and Barnabas all got pregnant with fraternal twins (one week after another). All births were 9 months after conception. Mary gave birth to 3 sons, Sarah to 2 sons and 1 daughter, Abigail to 1 son and 2 daughters, and Bathsheba to 3 daughters.
Year after year for the next 10 years, all of the wives kept on giving birth to a child each year. 25 years after the last births, all of the children were married and had children of their own. The year Mark turned 120, Mark and Mary died. The year after that, Sarah, Samuel, and their spouses died. The year after that, Abraham, Abigail, Barnabas, Bathsheba, and their spouses died. All of them got to see 3 generations of their decedents. Each parent taught their children from the Bible and practiced what they taught. Many of their decedents traveled all over the world, telling their story.
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