"Ah, ah," Mia struggled to hold her son. "Sweetie, you can't have this."

"Whaaah!" Henry opened his mouth, trying to nibble on his mom's lips.

"Mommy will taste it for you."

"Waah!"

Later, Mia handed her chubby son over to her husband.

Scott led everyone in. People were already picking cherries and greeted Scott like an old friend as they saw him.

"Go ahead, everyone, have fun and eat all the cherries you can pick," Scott announced grandly.

Mia admired the sight before her: cherries as red as rubies, so tempting and luscious.

She reached for some of the lower ones on tiptoes, and Henry also raised his plump little arms.

The silver bracelet on her wrist shimmered in the sunlight. "Waah!"

Mia tasted one. "The ones at the bottom don't get much sunlight, they're sour. But the ones at the top, they're sweet."

Molly Cedillo looked up. "I can't reach."

"I can!" Anya exclaimed.

Tall Andre Cedillo and Chad Byrne both looked at their niece, who claimed she could do it.

Hansen Cedillo was considering using a stick to knock some cherries down but then noticed the ground was littered with ripe red cherries, some falling with a gust of wind. Then Anya said she could do it.

Leo Cedillo chuckled. "You can? What, do you have wings to flutter up there?"

Anya found a lush tree, slung her bag over her shoulder, and, wearing a flowing maxi dress, started climbing.

about

the tree, then,

yell, can't scold, can't

Anya had climbed even higher, happily picking cherries. "The ones

"How did

smiled. "Efficient movements, a

sighed. "Such an unusual talent, she has

look. "Thinking of taking

sheepish Mia replied,

one noticed that from the moment Anya started climbing, Henry was staring, completely fascinated, until she was standing high on the tree, silent the whole time, his innocent eyes fixed on Sister Anya. Seeing Anya's actions, something stirred in others. Silently handing her child to

went over

Officer Chad exchanged glances. "Here we

at Anya. "Chad, don't rush; I'll pick the sweetest cherries from

leg, or worse, hit your head and become a fool, I'm

an even thinner branch. "Chad, pass me Scott's basket, I'll pick

watched like someone watching

looked up at his mother, his chubby neck

Mia's skills,

every tree was a

moved to caution, "Anya, be

more at the top,

you still halfway? Anya and Mia

Molly's balance isn't great, just play around in the middle of

remembered every little thing about

So, while others rode bicycles,

while, then went to play with his

staring at his mom for a long time, and seeing that she wasn't looking back at him, his little mouth turned down in

garden was filled with

Mia hurried down.

brushed off the dust and took the crying Henry into her arms. "Alright, mommy's done climbing. Let's hold my boy, no more feeling upset, okay?"

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