THE STORY OF PETER PAUL & MARY
The true story of Peter Paul and Mary as far as I can tell
has never been told so is it any wonder there are many theories. I suppose the
only way to explain my interest in this unusual threesome is to explain the
reason I got involved, and why I was desperate to find out the whole story. It
all began with my purchase of two unusual statuettes, of course they weren’t
genuine just synthetic replicas, and a mere half of the size of their valuable
originals. They were so cute I needed to find out more about them and who was
responsible for making them. It appears the two main characters Paul and Mary
were once devoted companions, and although only five years old they’d made a
pack to one day get married, but of course you’ve heard such stories like this
before. Their plans however were upset when in 1914 England was plunged into war
with Germany, and Paul was sent to live with relatives who worked on a large
estate in the country.
Mary and Paul kept in touch by sending letters to each other every week, but
Mary’s letter was not the only correspondence Paul received on one fateful day
in June. It seemed Paul had a rival called Ginger Wallace who also took a shine
to Mary, but because she continually rejected his advances Ginger was determined
if he couldn’t have Mary as a friend neither could Paul, and set about writing a
letter explaining how Mary and him were enjoying doing everything the separated
friends used to do. Now to a five year old boy who’d been dragged away from his
natural environment and the first love of his life this was unbearable and he
was very upset indeed. At first Paul wouldn’t tell his aunt and uncle what was
troubling him, but gradually the problem came to the surface, and to compensate
the young lad they bought him a dog who Paul named Peter.
Mary’s father had also noticed how sad Mary had become, and after finding the
reason he telephoned Paul’s relatives and made an appointment to see them in
order to correct the misunderstandings. Now at this point things get stranger
than fiction because unbeknown to both Paul’s aunt and uncle, Mary’s father was
the sculpture that was to eventually craft the statuettes, and even stranger
both had taken photographs of the youngsters in their melancholy state, and
these images were what he used to depict the sadness in the work.
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Oh by the way Mary and Paul eventually got married in a
little church not far from the village were Paul was sent during the war, and
they had nine children who all became involved in children’s welfare. The dog
named Peter? Well yes he also found a mate and had nine pups who all became
blind dogs, and if you believe that you’ll believe anything, everyone knows
Peter Paul & Mary were a pop group back in the good ol’ days, have a nice day.