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The following story I was told by a scarecrow and a hungry goat I once met.

Once upon a time in a little village, far away from the field I am standing on, a boy and a girl in their blossom ages became a couple thanks to a soft kiss of love.

Everyone in the city (including their parents) blessed their love when the said kiss became known and shortly thereafter it was time for the couple to also confirm their feelings before God through a wedding.

The wedding day had a lovely weather in store for our couple. The sky was cobalt blue and sun shined beautifully down on everyone in the village. The boy was almost crying when he was thinking on how lucky he was on this special day while he walked down to the small church in the end of the main street together with his best friend. He was dressed in a white shirt and a black tuxedo and had water combed his hair thoroughly the whole morning in order to calm down his nervousity.

At the purge to the church the two men decided to wait for the bride that, by the way, arrived shortly thereafter. Dressed in a completely white wedding dress she left the car together with her family. Yes, she really looked as a fairy tale Princess both her future husband and the best man thought when they saw her.

The wedding ceremony where beautiful. The priest where old friend to their families and knew exactly how he should behave. Besides, they all had been on the wedding rehearsal many times and had therefore no reason to panic when it was time for their "I do".

Then it was time for the boy to give his confirmation and of some reason he now loosed his voice because of his nervousity. He wanted so much to answer "I do" but then, when he thought on how much the three small letters really mattered, he got scared and was unsure if he was able to fulfil the promise he wanted to give his love.

The church was absolutely silent and the boy felt everyone's eyes on him.

With tears in his eyes he then with a trembling light voice said, "I cannot", turned around and went out from the girl he loved of whole his heart.

Of course everyone got shocked and furious on the boy when he disappeared like that but not so long afterwards this episode was almost forgotten since the girl had found another boy. A rich boy that very easily could fulfil all her dreams.

Outside the church building when this new wedding took place our boy waited, well hidden, for the couple to come out. Although he had convinced himself that this was for the best as his love now had her future secured in a way he never could give he still could not help to wonder why he felt such sorrow as he did in his heart.

6 months later an uncle to the boy passes my field asking for permission to leave the goat with me. As the said marriage never happened the uncle had kept his wedding gift with him but now the gift was eating him out from the house.