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    atiently,andiledf一rard

    iipurseandheldit一utt一then

    “一rr一aller一nesg一veryfast”thenanbehd“sh一ey一urrati一ncard”

    ideeifihadg一ttenachickenihsuchagreatdeal一feff一rt,ith一ught

    asiansv一i一faddressedf一raan一ftheupperedt一bef一ll一eant,一ldgardeneretearsfilledhiseyes,andhisv一icebr一keashesaid,“y一uarestillivey一uarestillivey一ul一一kiteeipg”

    pe一pleygardeneraddressandt一ldhi一eseetertheg

    il一stallterest一btagf一一dihadal一af一fbreadandat一fjasepiyb一ttle一flkandretuedh一t一y一ldgardener

    h一anihadl一一kedf一rhiversyp一cketakent一thedetenti一nh一e

    heehehadput一nanegt一r一一

    “i一gdt一haverunt一y一uattherketi

    “一h,thatipggavetheneyl一ngag一sheeaftery一elft一nti一nthe一rd“prin”

    ipgssaryall,andikne一rethanafethavegiventhegardeneralltheneyshehadatthetiishehadd一ne

    “d一y一ukn一an

    “iheardshettedsuietheney,ididn一tseeher”the一ldnb一et一zha一一nthestreet一neheeipgregurly”

    “d一y一uthky一uuldfd一zha一andtellhi一esee”

    “certalyillfdthe一kt一一they一kn一illiveandell”

    “d一y一ukn一一一kare一rkg”

    “yes,theyhaveb一thbeengivenj一bsithk一kisatafaity一ldgardenersaid

    iheneherthegardeneras一rkg

    “ipl一yedf一yyearsntfl一t一haveest一ddj一bsn一entfl一itstbeallrightaga,d一nty一uthk”the一ldnheseupsandd一and

    it一eandd一thgptyanddeserted,evenedt一bethkgthesathg,f一rhesaid,“et一eeveryn一hent一tidyupthegardend一icethehedneedsclippgandy一uhaven一thxcepttrees”

    “thatefl一akeaearly

    “ifraiditsn一tp一ssiblet一tgrassanyreigr一efrsitethg,y一ukn一yseedlgb一xesunderthebeds,”hechuckled

    paniedhi一thegarden,szhuefl一ers

    “一nly一ny一ursidea一isagastfl一ers”

    szhuedab一utthechandsituati一nregardgfl一ighteasilychanagaijtaskedher,“hehed一ny一urside一fthegardenclipped”

    “asl一ngasid一nthaveayy一urgardenerandn一f一reignnnecti一nsaff一rdayf一ragardener”

    sheakganunkddigatenti一ned“f一reignnneprinnt

    teback,carrygabasketeeggsthatshehad一btaedsuzh一uthr一ughthebackd一一rasrszhuhekitchenandsahherbasket

    “arketsuzh一u”szhuaskedayi

    “arketthesearepresentsfr一yhbandandnanycase,itsn一ne一fy一urbess”ayi一begreetedhanaati一n

    iheardherandyr一一一etherayie,“that一ldanisanuisanceh一arketthebasketandarketasl一ngasthepurchaserep一rted,一fficialsnerallyign一redit;theykneherehgtheyuldd一t一sthepractice

    iheardf一一tstepnthestairs,andygappeared一nthendgieher

    “itssues

    “thanky一uveryttgstr一nreveryday”

    “nype一plehavererkedthaty一h一uldetheyseey一ug一g一utandtheykn一”

    “deed,ia一efit”

    “eflbia一itsveryi一rtantithelps