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He gave me three small seeds.
"Put each seed into a small box filled with dirt. Then care for them. Talk to them if you wish. They will grow with you. "
Now they are in larger boxes. O...
He gave me three small seeds.
"Put each seed into a small box filled with dirt. Then care for them. Talk to them if you wish. They will grow with you. "
Now they are in larger boxes. One of t.he plants has grown up to my knee. I sometimes wonder what else it is up to.
Another time we were walking in the field when we saw two birds on a telephone line. They seemed so peaceful. Then suddenly they flew away. My uncle just laughed.
"See," he said."Someone said something they didnt like.& careful what you tell the birds."
One night I passed by the office of the orphanage. A man I dont iike very much was on the phone. He was angry and loud.
When heleft, I went into the office and picked up the phone. I heard the funniest sound.
"Listen," I said. "Listen, liirds. Come on back, never mind what he says. We like you. "
One day-Unele did not come: I waited and waited but he did not come. The man I dont like at the orphanage said Uncle was sick.
"May I go and see him?" I asked.
"No," he said. "He may be contagious. "
"May I call him?"
"No, " he said. "Ill call him for you. "
"Dont do that," I said.
"Why not?" .
"Youll make the birds fly away. "
I sneaked into the office one night and called Uncle.
"Are you all right?" I asked.
"Yes, but I must go away. "
"Why?"
"To make room for something else. "
"Will you come back?"
"I will help you remember me, if you want me to. "
"I do. . . . Ido. . . ."
When I went to bed at night, I would try to imagine that he was there. He was harder and harder to see. One night, he was not there at all. There was only a grcen ficld.
I went back to our field. It was raining. The sky was dark, the way I was inside. I looked for Uricle everywhere. I called his name.
I was angry for a while. I said some things out loud that I shouldnt have said. Two birds flew out of the trec.I made them get wet.
On the way back, I saw something that was only an inch or two tall. It was where that hird dropped the acorn. I didnt tell anybody, but I knew.
Someday Uncle will be fifty feet tall.