Ka cika wannan jumla: Amma a wannan lokacin, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo bai taɓa mantawa da aikinsa na musamman ba. Da zaran tashin hankali ya ƙare a
Mayu 1945, yayin da yake cikin kayan aiki amma an 'yantar da shi daga ayyukansa, McLellan nan da nan ya hada wasan kwaikwayo na waka "The Carlin Moth" a cikin mako biyu bayan VE Day, a nasa asusun, a cikin 'zafi mai zafi' na wani gida kusa da Southwold a gabar tekun Suffolk inda aka kafa sashinsa a lokacin. Ta hanyar haɗuwa da shayari tare da wasan kwaikwayonsa, wannan sake dawo da aikinsa na wasan kwaikwayon ya kuma ƙara sabon salo ga rubuce-rubucensa.