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“Emma, could you come to the study?” Sarah called out.
Emma left her cats in the living room and went to the study.
“Yes, mom.” She looked at her mother questioningly.
“I need to ask you something, honey,” Sarah began. “Mrs.
Smith would like to go on vacation, but there is nobody to take
care of her bird.”
“But m-o-o-om!” Emma whined, “He’s a noisy squawking
machine. Do we have to?”
“I know,” Sarah sighed. “But Mrs. Smith can’t go on vacation
if we don’t help her out.”
“I don’t want to disrupt your family,” Molly said feeling bad.
“I’m so sorry to have bothered you.”
“No, please don’t go,” Sarah said. “It is just for two weeks
anyway. We will take Pico. What about your cat, Miau?”
“I was afraid to ask,” Molly said.
“Okay, we will take care of her too,” Sarah said.
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