usness was gone all at once.
"Catch!" he triumphantly called out to the girl below.
Edith jumped up with joy. She lifted her skirt with both hands and caught the fruits that Raphael tossed down one by one, cheering non-stop.
When Raphael jumped down from the tree, he noticed that his coat and shoes were covered in dirt. He tried to pat them with his hands, but the marks were still visible.
He fretted and muttered to himself, "I have to clean it myself. If Father sees it, I''ll surely be punished."
"Nevermind, we go to the creek later. Just wash it off with the stream water," Edith casually said to him.
Raphael pushed Charlene''s wheelchair and followed Edith towards the direction of the streamlet. Along the way, Edith noticed that the bird trap she had set up earlier with sticks and worms, had truly caught a bird.
The three of them gathered around and saw the bird with rainbow feathers, sparkling under the sun, looking incredibly beautiful.
"Wow, I''ve never seen this kind of bird before!" Edith exclaimed excitedly.
Raphael cupped the colourful bird in his hands and said to his sister, "Let''s take it home and keep it as a companion for you."
However, Charlene shook her head sadly, "No, let it go, brother! Do you want to trap this beautiful bird in a splendid cage forever, like you and me?"
Edith guessed that the cage Charlene referred to was her wheelchair. But why did she say that Raphael was also trapped in a cage?
In the end, they decided to release the birdling. Watching it flutter its colourful wings and fly towards the distant blue sky, both Edith and Charlene felt so happy for it.
When they reached the stream, Raphael squatted down and scooped some water with his hands, wiping the stains off his clothes.
"You won''t be able to clean it this way," Edith told him, "You need to take it off and scrub it."
Seeing Raphael holding the removed jacket in his hand, clearly unsure of what to do next, Edith rolled her eyes at him and snatched the clothes away.
"You''re already this big, how come you don''t even know how to wash clothes?" Edith said, skillfully scrubbing his clothes while expressing her disdain.
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