Jamie had told him the fat hairy ones that buzzed so loud didn’t actually hurt, didn’t bite at all, and even ate the greedy gypsy moths that killed the trees in the forest. Mouse loved the trees, just like Jamie did. Mouse loved Jamie too. And now… well he kind of loved Alex as well. She just felt like family, like Jamie’s family. He felt very warm inside today from all these special feelings. Mouse bit his lower lip in consternation as he made his way along Stoney Run, torn by his decision to go back to the ranch without real work to do, and without asking Alex first. But it had been so long. And he used to visit almost every day, before Alex came, and it was always okay then. Now that Alex liked him, Mouse figured it would be okay again. He loved his visits to that place, they gave him special feelings too. Every time Mouse would climb onto the old rickety back porch, he would find a flower from the grey-haired lady in the window. She never gave him lemonade, like Alex did now, but she smiled so nice. So warm, it was just like hugging. And the flowers she picked him from the Garden of her Eden… the flowers were always so lovely. Each time was a different color and shape, but they always smelled the same. Like a perfect mixture of rose, peony, and lilac, all blended together and delicious each and every time he took in a deep breath. The petals were soft and velvety and they smelled so very good for hours. Mouse would cherish those flowers like treasure; he hid them in his room and sniffed and sniffed as long as he could. They reminded him of his Mum. Mouse couldn’t actually remember his Mum like a picture in his mind, but her smell was that of the flowers. He sure remembered her smell, and it was more vivid than a picture ever could be. He dried each flower carefully, and placed them in a fancy album he got at the Dollar General.
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