“I ran into Dad as I was coming out of my room. ‘Hey, Logan,’ he said, ‘don’t forget we have some yard work to finish this weekend.’

‘Is there a lot mower to do?” I asked.

‘Yeah,’ Dad said, giving me a funny look, ‘there’s a lot more to do. We need to put that fence around the tomatoes.’

‘Right. Weed need to be garden them from the rabbits.’

Dad groaned and shook his head.

‘What’s wrong?’ I asked. I was getting tired of all the groaning. Benedict had groaned at me. So had Mrs. Tanaka. Mom had groaned, and now Dad was groaning too.

‘Nothing,’ Dad said. ‘I guess I was just as silly when I was your age.'”

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