You can't mean to dance with the lass; she's great with child! " Killian smiled broadly at this. "Aye, well, I do indeed intend to dance with her and, aye, I'm aware she carries a child! " He leaned closer to the woman and whispered as he spoke the next bit, "I'm the man who planted the seed! "" Och! " The woman's ruddy colored cheeks darkened further and she huffed aloud, her continued disapproval evident, so Killian baited her and pushed the issue further still." And were all your six daughters a product of immaculate conception, then, Maire, or were they created in the usual way? .Leigh Ann Edwards
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This short story is about a man who suddenly finds himself in a dilemma. He tells this story to his wife and suddenly the woman gets very angry and her face turns red, as she becomes sure that her husband is cheating on her with another woman. She is so angry that she starts getting ready to leave his house and they have a terrible fight, during which time they decide to stay together. As they are having their fight, an old man comes to their door and asks if they can help him, as he has lost his way and doesn't know where he is.
They let him in and he tells them that their house used to be his house many years ago, but now it's been taken over by a new family who live there. The old man says that he also used to live with the new family but "the lass" as he calls her was not with child then and now she is with child. The old man then gets up from his seat and says "I do indeed intend to dance with her." He tells them that he knew this woman long ago before she became pregnant but now she has become a great friend of his and they would talk all the time about their children and how proud they were of them.
As he is talking about all these things, the old man starts dancing around the room. "She's great with child!" He says as he dances around the room.
Source: A Chieftains Wife
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