Bartholomew Ballard

Flash fiction

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Bartholomew Ballard was one of the King’s many gardeners, but he wanted to be a bard. The other gardeners sometimes got annoyed at him for turning everything into a poem.

“How is that strawberry patch you’re tending to?” asked the head gardener.

But in reply, Bartholomew just broke into verse:

“For the love of strawberries
I…