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I know I shouldn’t be the least bit surprised; we’re the youngest occupants in the neighborhood, after all. We’re nothing like Ms. Hadley, who’s been retired since the Cold War — though, at her age, she cheats the system and pays a company to manage her estate. Up the hill are the Gillespies. North of them lives crotchety Mr. Frier. You can catch them both riding their mowers every other day.Trim, mow, repeat.As for us, I like to think we try our best. If it’s a rainy week, the lawn’s lucky to see the underside of our mower — and by then, it...
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