xreflections
10-14-2015, 03:09 AM
I read this short story in a collection many years ago. It was about a girl who lived with her mother; they grew flowers and vegetables together. One day, the girl took white lilies from the garbage can of a church and planted them in their garden. The pastor came and tried to destroy the vegetables, saying that what they were doing was wrong and pagan. In the struggle, the mother accidentally killed the pastor and buried him in the garden. When the girl's mother got sick and died, she tried to bury her in the garden, but before she was finished with the grave, she was taken away by people. She tore up the lilies and when she woke in a strange (hospital?) room, laid them underneath her on the bed. The story ended with her feeling the lily sprouts digging into her back.
In that same collection, there (I think) was also a story about a sheep dog whose owner died. One day, the dog tried to chase a boy away from a cliff and was killed by the boy's father.
In that same collection, there (I think) was also a story about a sheep dog whose owner died. One day, the dog tried to chase a boy away from a cliff and was killed by the boy's father.