favorite pink dress. Having decided on clothes, they began to think about what to give them, Robert and Ted. There were not so many options, the choice was on the clock. The mechanical watch that Patrick bought for himself the day before he arrived in the village. In addition, Patrick worked remotely, he had work experience, so he could always find a job, most of the money he earned went to clothes, school, food, etc. happening. It was time for the party, Patrick was worried, he hadn’t been to the holidays for a long time, the last time he went was for Alice’s birthday. Taking the gifts, Patrick, Charlie and Jessica went to the party. There were many people, even from neighboring villages, where Robert had acquaintances and friends. The beekeeper Paul also came, Patrick greeted him and introduced him to the children.. -Here, this is Uncle Paul, I told you about him, he is a very kind and cheerful person.. -said Patrick, shaking hands with Paul. Jessica ran to Alice, seeing a classmate, Charlie waved her hand. The boy’s eyes shone, sometimes Jessica teased her brother, hinting that he liked Alice, who finally realized that she should not run after not serious beautiful boys, but be friends with smart and serious boys. Therefore, she now prefers to spend more time in the company of Charlie and Jessica. Embracing her friend, saying hello to Charlie, Alice asked about the forest. Jessica and Charlie did not expect to hear a question about this topic. They were both at a loss, not knowing what to answer. After a short pause, Jessica decided to answer the question. – Ali, the thing is, Charlie and I don’t want to know, what is going on in the forest, I promised my dad that I would not go there and forget about the forest and everything connected with it.. Sorry.. – Alice did not want to spoil the mood for herself or her friends. And the holiday continued, the children wanted to see the heroes of the occasion, finally a white car arrived. Two men got out of it. Tall, blond, brown-eyed, tanned and brunette, short, blue-eyed and with a wide smile on his face. They went to meet those who had gathered to meet them, the villagers, and behind, from the car, three men carried large packages, these were food and gifts, Robert and Ted obviously did not come empty-handed. There were a lot of gifts, several more cars drove up, from which they began to take out packages. There were large tables on the street, dishes were already laid out on them, Alice didn’t want to spoil the mood for herself or her friends. And the holiday continued, the children wanted to see the heroes of the occasion, finally a white car arrived. Two men got out of it. Tall, blond, brown-eyed, tanned and brunette, short, blue-eyed and with a wide smile on his face. They went to meet those who had gathered to meet them, the villagers, and behind, from the car, three men carried large packages, these were food and gifts, Robert and Ted obviously did not come empty-handed. There were a lot of gifts, several more cars drove up, from which they began to take out packages. There were large tables on the street, dishes were already laid out on them, Alice didn’t want to spoil the mood for herself or her friends. And the holiday continued, the children wanted to see the heroes of the occasion, finally a white car arrived. Two men got out of it. Tall, blond, brown-eyed, tanned and brunette, short, blue-eyed and with a wide smile on his face. They went to meet those who had gathered to meet them, the villagers, and behind, from the car, three men carried large packages, these were food and gifts, Robert and Ted obviously did not come empty-handed. There were a lot of gifts, several more cars drove up, from which they began to take out packages. There were large tables on the street, dishes were already laid out on them, tanned and dark-haired, short, blue-eyed and with a wide smile on his face. They went to meet those who had gathered to meet them, the villagers, and behind, from the car, three men carried large packages, these were food and gifts, Robert and Ted obviously did not come empty-handed. There were a lot of gifts, several more cars drove up, from which they began to take out packages. There were large tables on the street, dishes were already laid out on them, tanned and dark-haired, short, blue-eyed and with a wide smile on his face. They went to meet those who had gathered to meet them, the villagers, and behind, from the car, three men carried large packages, these were food and gifts, Robert and Ted obviously did not come empty-handed. There were a lot of gifts, several more cars drove up, from which they began to take out packages. There were large tables on the street, dishes were already laid out on them, Everyone took turns taking the microphone and congratulated Robert and Ted on the arrival. Alice looked towards the forest, seeing this, Jessica also looked hesitantly.. But noticing Patrick’s gaze on herself, she turned away in the other direction. Everyone was having fun, music was playing, some sang and some danced. The dance of Charlie and Alice surprised Patrick and Jessica, they knew that Alice danced well, but they did not suspect that Charlie danced well. It felt like Charlie and Alice had been rehearsing this dance for days. But the surprises did not end there, Patrick continued to surprise everyone. He started doing magic tricks, in Patrick’s office, there were several books about magic tricks in the closet, sometimes he read one of the books and he was not bad at it. Jessica and Charlie looked at the magic tricks with surprise. He tried and he had a desire. He believed that this was the most important thing. Jessica was next, she sang a song, the song was about parents, about their care and love. There was silence, finishing the song, Jessica ran up to Patrick and hugged him, Patrick understood that the girl misses her mother. The children missed her, it was clear even without words. And the rest applauded the girl, the parents of many of them were not alive, some of them cried.. After the endholiday, Patrick got into the car, there were many thoughts in the man’s head. He thought about his daughter, her song, about her experiences. They were driving home, no one on the road said a word. Everyone was thinking about their own.. Arriving home, first of all, Patrick decided that it was necessary to talk with Jessica and Charlie.