This morning Gnome woke up with a start.  He had a furtive look about him like a squirrel and his eyes were kinda bulging as he said,

“I know it!  We will find the air-compressor in PG!”

I processed his statement in with a pinch of salt as I tried to shake myself out of my sleepy state.  I yawned and then cheekily replied with,

“Oh, Neo Gnome…has the oracle spoken?”

In the back of my mind I was thinking that he was just trying to find any excuse not to take the three hour drive to the city to procure this contraption for our well-pump.

He said it again,

“I know it!  It’s at Mac’s!”

I yawned and patiently said slowly,

“How do you know that?  Where?  We’ve never set foot in that shop before…”

With conviction in his words, Gnome said,

“I can feel it…”

I rolled my eyes with my usual derisive Chinese woman look and thought to myself…oh to live with a sensitive Italian Gnome who can “feel” things…what next.  I didn’t believe him but I thought it best to humour him.

And so off we went into town and enroute, I made him go into every hardware store to look for a portable air compressor.  I wanted to delay the inevitable…the disappointment and then the long tedious journey to Belmopan.  None to be found and the last place was Mac’s Shop which is a little run-down shop selling mostly second-hard hardware.  The road was blocked so we had to make it on foot.  Guess what we saw as soon as we entered…

Gnome rushed over the machine and said out loud,

“There it is!  I told you!”

Well, there it was and there was no denying that he was right.  Gnome’s premonition was correct.  I laughed to myself and thought…all this solitary time in the bush must be activating secret Gnome powers…Ha-Ha.  I’ve been watching too many crappy Super-hero movies!!  If Hollywood ever make a film about Munchkin and Gnome, in the bush, developing special powers, I want Maggie Q to play me!  Too Funny.

Anyway back to reality…

We now have a portable air-compressor and Gnome is putting together all the bits to make the Air-lift pump..

He has been messing around with PVC pipe, hoses, bits and pieces and stuff (oh, how technical of me) all afternoon:

Nearly accomplished but we are missing a connector.  So, watch this space for the next thrilling installment!  Will Munchkin and Gnome get their well-pump working again?  Will they be able to do it before all the water runs out?  Oh the thrills and spills of living on a farm!!  Oh, and what if Gnome really has super-hero powers??

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