“Rose!”
“Rose! Where are you?”
Dame Petal searched all over the house for Rose but she couldn’t find her. She called out to her several times but got no reply from her. Fearing that she had run away again, Dame Petal broke into a sweat and nervously went out in the balcony to see if Rose was in the backyard.
“Rose!” she yelled at her in relief after spotting her.
“Rose, what in the name of the lord are you doing down there?” she asked from above as the cold wind blew her hair.
“Nothing…” Rose nervously replied as if she were caught red-handed.
She had been trying to hide the dove from Dame Petal. Since keeping the dove in the house wasn’t a good idea she thought about making it a comfortable home in the hollow of a tree trunk that stood tall in the backyard.
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