— Did you pull it out like that?! — Grusale was surprised, and then he put his hand on his forehead.
Sighing heavily, Jerome moved closer to Jarler, who hesitated again, not understanding what he had done wrong.
— It must be uprooted! There is no point in plucking the stem, — the man explained, realizing without words that the child does not realize what he is being scolded for.
Continued below
Jerome didn't get along with Bernie right away. Another "hungry mouth", unable to pay for their accommodation. I wonder how they'll get along next 👀
Text: Tengiz Tatevosyan
edited by: IvVi
It was the first time we tried something in this style. It's not ideal, but it feels easier.
Around the middle of the day, Jerome and Bernie went out into the garden so that the child could help grail with the work, which was difficult for him because of his sore back. Little jarler was looking at the garden with interest, it was beautiful here and he was very surprised that Mr. Gardner had grown it all by himself!
— Stop flying in the clouds, Bernard, — Grusale said gloomily, when the child did not notice the gloves that were handed to him for a while, — Put them on and I'll show you what to do.
Bernie took the gloves, they were very big for him, so he pulled them on as much as possible over his hands, without complaining at all. On the contrary, he looked at Jerome with even more enthusiasm when he was ready to work. Jerome sighed, raising an eyebrow, it seemed to him that the Jarler perceives this simply as a game and he will quickly get bored.
“Well, if he gets bored, he will fly out of here with a whistle!" — Grusale thought to himself, but he said aloud: — The first thing to do was to weed the ground. Can you do it?
— Uuuh... — Jarler curled his beak shyly, stroking the back of his head with one hand. He didn't know anything about gardening at all, hoping that he would just be told what to do, as it usually happens. Jerome quickly understood everything from the boy's blank stare and rolled his eyes.
— We need to remove the weeds. They grow everywhere and interfere with my plants, so first you need to weed the ground, and only then water it," Jerome calmly explained.
A boy opened his beak, a twinkle in its eyes.
— Ah, now I get it! — He smiled
— Let's see how you understood — Grusale folded his arms on his chest.
They walked together to one of the beds. Jerome pointed with his finger at a rather bright, fluffy yellow flower
— Here, this is a weed. He spreads his seeds, and more of these flowers grow out of them. We need to remove it.
Bernie came closer to the flower, crouching down next to it. So handsome, but it's a pest? It's strange, because he smells really good!
“Why not grow them for sale, since they grow so easily?”
— The weed should be pulled out, Bernard, not hypnotized! — Grusale shouted in displeasure, watching the whippoorwill hesitate.
— [It was a stupid idea] — he muttered to himself under his beak in his native language.
Bernie twitched slightly, as if coming to his senses and just grabbed the flower by the stem, plucking it.
— Did you pull it out like that?! — Grusale was surprised, and then he put his hand on his forehead.
Sighing heavily, Jerome moved closer to Jarler, who hesitated again, not understanding what he had done wrong.
— It must be uprooted! There is no point in plucking the stem, — the man explained, realizing without words that the child does not realize what he is being scolded for. Just like his brothers and sisters… But, unlike them, Bernard at least listened to him attentively and did not bicker. This calmed him down a little, so the grail sat down next to him and in one movement tore the roots out of the ground.
— Here it is. Have you seen how it's done? — after making sure that the guy understood everything, Grusale sent him to the right side of the garden. The boy is still helping him here, not doing all the work for him.
To be continued...
