I wrote this earlier in the year, and sent it to a friend who'd published stories for feedback, and he gave me some very good advice which I find, on reflection, that I very much don't want to take. So for better or worse, here it is as originally written.
( The Sleep of Beauty )

A friend of Norman's just delivered a trailer load for $80. Will take a couple of weeks to dry, chopped up small enough for a Kent, he helped me stack it around the back, and he even threw in a chopping block. He said there's heaps more and to pass on his phone number if anyone's interested.