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There were several other guests at the Inn, and all were eating at the same time.  Mrs. Lomber’s roast chicken and mashed potatoes were scrumptious. Even the string beans were tasty. Best of all was her cranberry stuffing, another of her specialties.  The dessert was  baked apple and home-made vanilla fudge ice cream.

 “I’m really full, “ said Carrie. 

“Me too, said Beth. I think I’ll take a walk around the house. Do you want to come, Carrie.”

“Sure thing.”

“Be back by 7:00,” David reminded his sister and her friend. We all have to  go out to the fig tree grove before sunset.

Time finally seemed to go quickly now.  7 PM came, and the four children went out to the fig trees. 

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They sat down on a blanket and waited.  Before long the sun was beginning to set. As the sun  went lower and lower in the sky, the children took quick glances.

“It is not safe to look  directly at the sun, even at sunset,” David warned his companions. 

It was soon evident that the sun was setting over one of the fig trees. When it appeared just over the leafy branches, the children knew that this tree was most likely  to be the one written about  in the poem—the one over which the August sun sets.

“Even if that fig tree isn’t the exact one that Captain Patch  planted, it is another one  planted in its place.”  Carrie  was   screeching and  showing his excitement.

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