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hadn’t been touched.
    The sea was just a few feet away. Maybe Thomas stole Adam’s potion of water breathing and was living beneath the sea and eating fish. There were so many thoughts swimming through Steve’s head and he didn’t know how to make sense of them. He just wanted everything to be the way it was before. He wanted his wheat farm back. He wanted to enjoy quiet mornings in the village. He knew his friends thought he was the person who had hope and believed they would find the griefer, but Steve was beginning to doubt they’d ever find the griefer.
    Every day seemed to bring more devastation and no clues that could tell them who the griefer was and where he was hiding.
    â€œAre you coming back to the house?” Adam asked Steve.
    â€œWe want to start digging for seeds to rebuild your wheat farm,” said Lucy.
    Steve tried to sound upbeat; he didn’t want the group thinking he had given up hope. “I’ll be right there,” he said.
    He decided to take one more look around the area where Adam had seen Thomas. He walked past the tree, inspecting the ground, and found a small piece of wool.

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    CHICKEN JOCKEY
    S teve ran to join the others. “I found another piece of wool by the tree,” he told them.
    â€œDo you think all of this wool and your missing sheep is a sign?” asked Max.
    â€œYes. It has to be,” said Steve.
    â€œOnce we find the griefer, we will find out about the wool and we’ll find Thomas,” said Adam.
    â€œAnd Henry,” added Lucy.
    â€œWhat happens if we find out that Thomas is the griefer?” asked Steve.
    â€œThomas isn’t a griefer!” Adam said angrily.
    â€œLet’s not jump to any conclusions,” said Lucy, trying to stop the argument. “We won’t know who the griefer is until we find him.”
    â€œWe can’t fight about who the griefer is. We need to rebuild Adam’s house and the wheat farm,” Kyra reminded them.
    The group began to cut the grass to search for seeds, but it was harder than they’d expected.
    â€œThis is going to take forever!” said Lucy. She had yet to extract one seed.
    â€œMaybe we should try to find grass farther away from your farm,” suggested Max.
    The group found a lush area of tall grass outside of the village. They carefully broke the grass.
    â€œI found seeds!” Kyra screamed out in joy.
    â€œThat’s fantastic,” said Steve.
    â€œI found them too!” Max had a bunch of seeds.
    The gang was excited about their discovery, but they were also growing hungry. Steve suggested they visit his friend Oliver the Village Farmer. “He has melons. If we trade emeralds, we can get melons, and we can eat them and then use their seeds to plant melons.”
    â€œGood thinking!” Kyra said enthusiastically, and the group made their way to Oliver’s farm.
    There were many ripe melons to choose from at Oliver’s farm.
    â€œMy friends and I would love a few melon slices,” said Steve, handing the emeralds to Oliver the Village Farmer.
    â€œI heard what happened to your wheat farm. What a shame,” said Oliver as he handed the slices of melon to the group.
    â€œWe just found seeds and we are going to help Steve rebuild the farm!” said Lucy.
    â€œThat’s great. You have good friends, Steve. I hope you guys can rebuild it soon.”
    The group rested by a tree near Oliver’s farm as they took bites from the juicy melons, saving the seeds to plant near the wheat farm. When they were finished, they walked back to the wheat farm and began digging deep into the earth to plant the seeds.
    Lucy pointed to a small patch of land by a tree. “Should we plant the melon seeds here?”
    â€œYes,” replied Steve, “and once the melons grow, I’ll look at them and think about what great friends I have and how helpful you are.”
    â€œWe help each other,” said Adam. “I