And so spring passes to summer and then fall.
Moon and Star help their mommas gather things from the garden to take to a large room under the ground that astounds the girl. Then Moon's father takes the big horses and hitches them up to a plow to turn over the garden for next spring. One day, the mommas take the children for a long day at the lake and there are no chores. They stay gone all day and when they get back, Moon's father is busy at the fire-pit. The smokehouse stays tended for several days and during this time, Star and Moon, learning to count, notice a few of the pigs have gone missing. No matter how many times they ask, no one seems to know the answer, but some of the grownups seem angry and leave the commune soon after.
As fall turns to winter, Star spends her mornings with momma in the greenhouse and the afternoons with Moon and his momma, learning reading, writing and math. She waits for the snow to come, but it doesn't and momma tells her it never gets cold enough for snow.
Spring arrives and the grownups go out to sheer the sheep. Star cries when she sees the animals without their hair, all nekkie. Momma assures her their coats grow back and they're not cold. Star knows it's not cold outside, but still, she's not sure they wanted a haircut.
The Stargazer Lilies the elf had planted come in to bloom and soon it's her birthday. Momma gives her some new clothes, some made from hemp cloth and some from the wool. The wool is flat and itchy, not soft and fluffy like when it was actually on the sheep. Sometimes she really misses home, but when she asks, momma finally tells her they aren't going back, this is now their home.
The next few years will pass in similar fashion, though there will be fewer visitors, hippies Moon's father calls them, and then there will only be the two families. The huts will be pulled down and a big house built. The house is split by a covered patio that joins the two spaces, one for each family.
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