Every morning, Gardener cuts the head off of one of his yellow flowers and throws it through the sky, into Eater's mouth. Eater spits back one stony, gray seed for Gardener to plant another. Often, Eater is greedy and devours too much, biting into the one seed he is indebted to send back. Sometimes he swallows it whole. Some days, to threaten Eater and remind him of their agreement, Gardener keeps his yellow flower in his window, making his home brilliant but the whole world gray.
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