artichook's

Updated: May 19, 2025

I'll get a spade and 'ave a turn at it this very day, so I will. This 'ere old artichook's got some roots, I lay." The digging began at the fence and reached the moonflower, whose roots were indeed deep. Quite a hole Mr. Beale dug before the tall stalk sloped and fell with slow dignity, like a forest tree before the axe.

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