Skafter og blade -- Handles and blades

     Her er det Skribenten, der sidder med den just færdige spade. Skaftet er snittet til, hullerne boret - Uglemor ramte søreme hullet på den anden side begge gange - og nitterne banket i.
     Piraten hjalp Uglemor med at slå på nitterne, mens Skribentens stærke hænder holdt sammen på sagerne.

The Writer presents our first finished gardening tool, a spade. The shaft was pared down to the right diameter, holes drilled - I hit the holes on the other side - both times! - and rivets punched flat.
     The Pirate was allowed to help MotherOwl with the flattening of the rivets, while The Writer's  strong hands held the parts together.

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Så, mens Skribenten svang den atter fungerende spade, kastede Uglemor sig over en rive. Der skulle slibes endnu mere af skaftet, og så skulle det udhules så der var plads til en tange. Der skulle bores et hul, der ramte fra hullet i den grønne beskyttelseskrave, hennem skaftet, ind gennem et lille hul i tangen og ud på den anden side til et tilsvarende hul, men også her ramte Uglemor søreme hullet inden i skaftet! Så skruede hun en skrue i, hun havde kun købt nitter til spaderne, det er ikke godt nok, skruer er OK til river og lugejern, men de er ikke solide nok til skovle, spader eller grebe. Der må købes lidt flere nitter.

While the Writer used the renewed spade, MotherOwl tackled a rake. The handle needed even more paring and sanding to fit inside the green metal cuff, and then the handle had to be hollowed out to allow the tang to fit inside it, and a hole had to be drilled through a hole in the green cuff, through the handle, hitting the hole in the steel tang, through more handle and out through the other hole in the cuff. I hit all three holes! Yes I'm proud of this, I have only a hand held drill. Then I put in a screw, as I had not bought rivets for anything but the spades. I got to buy some more rivets before I can finish the shovel and the garden fork. Screws are fine for rakes and hoes, but not strong enough for digging.

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Ved siden af træet ses resultatet af Skribentens anstrengelser. En nyplantet fru minikiwi, der gerne skal blive stor og brede sig og få mange små frugter sammen med hr. minikiwi, der i adskillige år har levet en trist ungkarletilværelse i træet lige overfor.

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Next to the tree you can see the result of the Writer's hard work with the spade. Here a female mini-kiwi now grows. It is supposed to grow big and spread all over the tree and make lots of little fruits together with mister mini-kiwi, who has been leading a solitary life in a nearby tree for many years.