"We hoped the aerials would allow him to stay here to take over after us, but they had different plans. One day they came and took him away."
Joert"s voice broke as he spoke and Maoni had tears running down her face. Pettic found he was almost in tears himself at this sad story.
He was angry with the aerials. They obviously thought they were so far above the groundlings that they could treat them as animals. He said as much to the couple.
"Yes, they do," said Joert.
"Look," Pettic said, "You lost your boy. I can"t look after this baby. Would you take it and look after it?"
Maoni"s eyes filled with tears. "Would we? We"d love to. By the way, this baby is a little boy. I changed him when I got the milk. Thank you for bringing him to us. I promise we"ll take the greatest care of him."
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