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3 3] It Brambly Hedge is onthe other side ofthe steam, across the field If you can find i, and if you look very hard amongst the tangled roots and stems, {you may even see a wisp of smoke from a small chimney, oF through an open door, a step flight of stairs dep within the trunk of a tee. For thisis the home ofthe mice of Brambly Hedge. IW SEA STORY Jill Barklem BRAMBLY HEDGE For many generations, families of mice have made their homes in the roots and erunks of the tres of Brambly Hedge, 1 dense and tangled hedgerow that borders the Feld on the ‘other side of the stream, For my parents rit th Boy Hee wl ‘wwrteanbiee com "The Brambly Hedge mice ead ‘eg oy © 380i ale busy lives. Dating the fine weather, they collet lower, fruits, beties and aus from the Hedge and surrounding fields, and prepare delicous jams, pickles and preserves that are kept safely inthe Store Stamp for the winter months ahead, opti i ao “etn Asis © Jaen 198 AGP cn evel ra ae tee Ly ‘ne i ei Although the mice work hard, they make ‘ime for fun too, All through the yea, they ‘mak the seasons with feasts and festivities and, whether ibe a lite mouse’s birthday, an eagerly awaited wedding ‘or the first day of spring, the mice ‘weleome the opportunity to-meet and celebrate sg mara putt enn ae seepage ee, ‘pom of Haraln Pace a 78 ‘hom Pe a Hanmer sc WRB Primrose woke early that summer morning, She

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