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           “Well,onethingiscertain,”saidGilbert,laughing,“‘Observer’hasmadeUncleAbe’sreputationasaweatherprophet.‘UncleAbe’sstorm’willgodowninlocalhistory.Itisamostextraordinarycoincidencethatitshouldhavecomeontheverydayweselected.Iactuallyhaveahalfguiltyfeeling,asifIreallyhad‘magicked’itup.Wemayaswellrejoiceovertheoldhousebeingremoved,forthere’snotmuchtorejoiceoverwhereouryoungtreesareconcerned.Nottenofthemhaveescaped.”

           “Ah,well,we’lljusthavetoplantthemoveragainnextspring,”saidAnnephilosophically.“Thatisonegoodthingaboutthisworld...therearealwayssuretobemoresprings.”