Chapter Thirty Six

Jo decided to make some special gourmet food for the two cats

 

 Before going out to where Joshua was fertilizing his new garden and upgrading the water sprinklers to go on and off automatically so that Joshua would never have to water his garden again

Meanwhile, Miralys had gone off to her first day at school feeling somewhat nervous

 At home, Tamara gave Menolly some potty training

 Before feeding her breakfast (and having some herself) 

And teaching her to walk 

After school, Miralys paid a visit to the library to work on her homework 

 And as the afternoon drew into evening and Tamara took Midnight off to compete in the races, Joshua began teaching Menolly to talk

 When Tamara got home, the two of them shared their evening meal (prepared by Jo earlier) 

 That night, Midnight and Cashew got very close...

 

Every morning Jo would cook breakfast, even though there were already plenty of leftovers in the fridge

Tamara would get Menolly up 

And potty train her 

Before taking her downstairs and teaching her to talk 

Today, Joshua had received a call from the city hall, his fruit and vegetables were growing so popular that they wanted to give him a special award 

 When he got home, he took over from Tamara on the teaching Menolly duties

Enabling Tamara to get on with training her horses and competing in the daily races

Miralys' class had been chosen to go on an afterschool trip to the local graveyard to learn about the history of the town at first hand 

 Whenever her parents and grandmother left her alone for a while Menolly would head straight for the toy xylophone and play for as long as she could

 In amongst teaching his younger daughter and tending his garden, Joshua didn't forget to make time for Smudge, who seemed to be ageing miraculously slowly

 

Miralys eventually got home with a poster from the graveyard and went straight upstairs to do her homework 

Once she was finished she dived into the costume box her parents had given her 

And enjoyed herself immensely pretending to be a prince 

 She also spent some time getting to know Smudge and taking care of him as much as she could 

 And that evening it was time at last for Fluff to grow up

 

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