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The rain did not stop until late afternoon.

We stayed inside the shelter and listened to it hit the roof. Garrick's patch held, but water still came through two other holes. We placed the old pots under them and watched them slowly fill.

Tomas was bored. He kept standing up and sitting down again.

"When will the rain stop?" he asked for the fourth time.

"When it wants to," Maris said. She was sorting the potatoes we had found that morning, separating the smallest ones to plant.

"I want t
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