The Friendly Road

At five in the morning, David Grayson’s leg instinctively reaches for the floor—then he remembers he has left the farm. “Avaunt cows! Get thee behind me, swine!” he cries, and steals a luxurious nap.

It is spring, planting time, and Grayson is a farmer forty miles from home, walking country roads with a pack on his shoulder and birdsong in his ears. After ten years tending animals and land, he has set out in search of freedom—but the habits of duty follow close behind, along with a whole barnyard clamoring in his thoughts. With wry delight, he discovers that escape may begin with a simple refusal to rise for milking, yet the road ahead promises more than rest: new hills, villages, and encounters that may change how he sees the life he left. Can a man learn to be free without losing what he loves?

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