Prompt –
Finish the story begins with: “In the compound on the hill, lives a man with a dream.”
In the compound on the hill, lives a man with a dream of becoming a great patriarch. He aspired for a large family living in the compound and had built accordingly. He acquired all the surrounding land hoping that his two sons will grow up and farm it one day in future.
Time passed and his sons graduated from the nearby school and as per his wishes opted for higher degrees in agriculture and horticulture at the State University. It would help his sons to farm and become rich so that the patriarchy would continue – he thought.
A decade and a half later ……
The old man’s sons developed lab-farms and produced crops at 10% of the normal inputs.
Unfortunately, it left them with no time to visit their father or fulfill his wishes. However, it did fetch them the Wolf’s Prize in Agriculture.
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Yarnspinnerr 
Great take on the photo! Parents dreams for their children do not always work the way they want them to – eh? Thank you for participating and stay tuned for next week’s challenge! Sure to be a wet one! 🙂 ^..^
That is the nature of dreams …….
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Well.. He got something out of it.
His sons did ……
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I guess it was his dream, not theirs. It worked out well for them, though!
True.
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I felt a Cats in the cradle theme about this tale, nicely done.
Succinctly put.
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Yarnspinnerr, Children have their own goals and dreams. At least the property is there as an investment for the future. Maybe the grandchildren will use it. Good and well written story. 🙂 — Susan
True. Let each one handle his/her destiny.
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