The Disappearing Dwarf
“Stars began to blink on, first one by one, then in batches. Jonathan wondered whether they were the same stars that shone above Twombly Town. They certainly appeared to be. He liked the idea that Mayor Bastable, right then, might well be looking up at those same stars and thinking about him. There was the Big Dipper and the Seven Sisters, and as the night grew darker the Milky Way became visible, stretching off through the heavens. The familiar stars and the cheerful round-faced hay cart driver... began to cheer him up considerably.
He learned along the way who owned the various local farms, how long they’d lived where they lived, and what they grew. There was one, a farmer named Streff, who was known, according to the driver, as the Strawberry Baron because he had acres and acres and acres of strawberries. Strawberry barges freighted his produce up and down the Tweet, and people five hundred miles up, in Sunnybrae and Ferndale, knew who the Strawberry Baron was.
All that made Jonathan think of his own strawberry crop.MoreLess
He learned along the way who owned the various local farms, how long they’d lived where they lived, and what they grew. There was one, a farmer named Streff, who was known, according to the driver, as the Strawberry Baron because he had acres and acres and acres of strawberries. Strawberry barges freighted his produce up and down the Tweet, and people five hundred miles up, in Sunnybrae and Ferndale, knew who the Strawberry Baron was.
All that made Jonathan think of his own strawberry crop.MoreLess
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