“What did he do that for?” I asked. “He likes you,” said the man. “That robin wants to be your friend.” At the word friend, I felt warm and almost happy. The robin shook his wings and flew back over the wall into the tree I’d seen before. But when I asked the old man about the closed down garden, he told me to stop asking questions. He then slung his spade over his shoulder and stomped off.
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