Chapter 11: Political Progress

As we saw last chapter, Tammy is well on her way to a bright political career. She’s a member of the town council already. She spends her time becoming active in environmental protection, making sure that the green parts of the neighborhood stay green, and protecting the area around Alderwood Manor from development.  Her position pits her against the Landgraab machine several times, but she has great popular appeal and the voters like her.  This of course, keeps Tammy pretty busy, but she still makes sure to find time to continue teaching her son to talk.

Ash learns political words from mommy

The work of the council keeps Tammy away from home most days, but Birch is fine with that. He never wanted a job, and he likes staying home and working the land.  In fact, he eventually has a large garden with four rows of nice plants, of four plants each.

4x4 garden

Birch does get a little stir crazy though, so when Tammy is home in the afternoons or on days off, he takes the opportunity to explore. In the last chapter we saw how Tammy mentioned that there were ghosts at the cemetery, so Birch goes to check it out.  He doesn’t find any ghosts, but he does find an odd looking plant with some flowers on it, and harvests one of the buds.

Harvesting death

He also notices that there are some fish in the pond right there at the cemetery, so he pulls out his portable fishing pole and sets to work.