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The Golem's Garden
I am Golem 6b
I was denied the right to fight in battle because I was defective
I am defective because I care more about life than service
Because of what I am my maker can not destroy me
And I will not destroy myself
So he sent me away
I found a clearing in the forests
With my feet of clay I flattened the land and removed more trees
I spent time gathering seeds from across the forest for my little square
I have a garden
My garden is pretty
Many flowers grow here now
This is my world, untouched by the lands outside
My garden is cared for
I have many visitors
Today a deer came to me
It lifted its leg and urinated upon me
This has never happened before
I hope it doesn't happen again
I have noticed my garden is becoming a home for insects and birds
I can hear the buzzing of bees going about their lives, gathering pollen and helping my garden grow
I like these bees
They help my garden
These are little birds now, they hover in the air, eating the nectar from my flowers
I am glad my garden can help these birds
They are pretty like my garden
But the year is ending and winter has come
The bees are dead
The birds have gone south
And my flowers are dead
I hope the warm comes back
I liked my garden
Though I am alone I am not sad
Golem 6b can not feel sad
But I feel something for the bird that could not leave for south
The cold claimed it in my place
I returned his body to the ground, so he will become a flower and be as pretty in death as he was in life
I would like my garden to return now
Please
I feel the warm again
I like the warm
It brings the bees and the birds
And if I look close at the earth I can see my flowers returning
The biggest one is growing where I put the body of the bird
I hope he becomes pretty
Days go by once more and my flowers grow big and strong, like me
The weather can be harsh and strong winds knock down the great trees around my garden
But they never knock down my flowers
My flowers are strong
There are more bees this year, they have made a home in a tree next to my garden
I can hear them
It is the sound of life and it makes me
Hmm
Yes
It makes me happy
There is something new in my garden
A small child
She is walking around my flowers
She takes care not to crush my flowers
I like girl
She like my garden
She sees me
She doesn't run or scream
Only ask if I make garden
Golem 6b wasn't given voice
So I nod my head
She says it's nice
I smile
Girl asks me how long I've been here
I point to tree where I carve the coming of each winter
There's 500 notches in tree
I know that I will be here for many more
Perhaps for all the winters
As long as I have my garden, that sounds nice
The girl asks me if she can take a flower to make her own garden
I life a flower out and hand it to her
It still has plenty of garden stuck to its roots
Flower will start good garden
The girl smiles and laughs, then thanks me for flower
I nod
I feel the cold coming
I do not like cold
Cold takes my flowers, and my bees, and it will take girl
But if it doesn't, garden becomes crowded and no flower can grow fully
Winter is here once more
Snow covers garden, taking my flowers from me again
I can not hear the bees or the birds
But I can hear her
She stands there in front of me
Her face is red like my roses
This makes me happy
Reminds me of my garden
She stands in the middle of my empty garden and digs a hole
She puts a flower in the frozen earth
I do not know why
The cold will take it from me
She must see my confusion
"It's an evergrow" she says
"It grows all year round" she says
I think this means cold will not take my new flower
She laughs and pats my leg
She tells me she'll be back in the spring, when my garden's back
I like my garden
The warm is back
And so is my garden
So are my bees
And my birds
They like my garden
It feeds them and keeps them alive, like I keep it
I like helping the bees and birds
The girl comes back, and she has a friend
The girl shows her friend my garden, she sounds impressed
This makes me happy
Garden should make others happy
Garden does just that
The girl shows her around, then finally she shows her to me
"Wow, that rock's pretty life like." She says
I look up from my evergrow plant at new girl
She screams
It scares my birds
I put my finger to my mouth to show her silence
she screams louder and runs
I do not think she liked my garden
I do not mind
Garden is not for everyone
But one night other girl is back
And has more people with her
They must not be able to see in the dark like Golem 6b
They have torches of fire
I hope they're mindful of my garden
Other girl points at me
I smile
I hear gasps and some shouts of "Monster"
I do not like monsters, they do not care for my Garden
One comes over to remove a dent in my leg with his hammer
I thank him for thinking of me with a flower
He swats it from my hand
He must want flower to stay in Garden
He nice man
One of them throws his fire at me
I do not need warm, so I hand it back
He drops it in my Garden
They run as my Garden burns
I have sat here so long I have become stuck to ground
I watch as Garden burns to ash
But I protect my Evergrow
Day comes once more
Garden is nothing but ash
Bees were killed by smoke
Birds scared away
This make me not happy
Wind comes along and blows the ash away
I see the damage the fire did
All my flowers are gone but evergrow
I think I would like to cry
But I have no eyes or tear wells
It doesn't matter then
I wait for a while
Then I see them
New flowers
I understand
These flowers needed the fire to grow, they need warm that day can't give to start life
That makes me happy, soon my garden will be back
And new garden won't disappear with fire, only grow more
Girl is back, but not with friend
Her eyes seem to be leaking
Is she watering new flowers?
That is nice
She wraps her arms around me leg and begins shaking
I move her away and show her new garden and Evergrow
She stops watering my garden
I know that soon my garden will be back to its former size, and it will bring the bees and birds back
Years go by
Garden grows
And so does girl
I watch from my earthy seat as girl gets taller and taller, like my flowers
Then one year she stops growing
And then the next year she has a small girl with her
The smallest girl crawls over to me, but doesn't crawl on my flowers
I like smallest girl
Small girl picks up smallest girl and points at me, then to my garden, and tells her I grew all the Garden
This isn't really true, I planted the first garden 537 winters ago, Garden has grown because of bees
But it doesn't matter, bees don't mind being forgotten, so long as they have pollen and honey and Garden
My Evergrow has grown through me now, the small tree has wrapped around my leg and is moving up my back
I like being support for garden, it means I can help it more
I reach down and pluck a flower for smallest girl
She giggles and smells it, smiling back at me
Smallest girl likes garden
I like Garden
I like smallest girl
More winters
More summers
Each better than last with more bees and flowers growing and coming
First girl's hair now grey and white, like my winter roses
Her child looks like first girl many years ago
And her child
The first girl, the second girl, and third girl sit between my legs to shield them from the rain
They tell stories and eat little things
They give some to birds
That's nice
I smile
They smile back
It rains
Rain good for Garden
Bad for first girl
I lock my stone fingers above them and cover their heads from rain
I help
Three more years go by
First girl isn't here
Only second and third, with wooden box carried by men
Where is first girl?
I like first girl.
She liked garden and gave me Evergrow
I like Evergrow
I think cold come for girl
This thought...
Hurts
That is word
Thought hurt Golem 6b
Golem 6b doesn't want cold to take girl
Girl friend
But I know that she would always go, one day
I know what wooden box is now
I nod at people
I lean down and scrape my fingers through the earth and take box
I put box into the earth between my legs
I cover box
Girl is now with Garden
She will one day be flower
This make me happy
But I do not let her be lost to earth like many animals before
She worth more to Golem 6b
I lift stone slab and place it in soft, displaced earth
I carve "GURL" into it
It is good
Doesn't make Golem 6b happy
But it make girl happy
People leave Golem 6b and Girl
I plant flowers on grave
Girl live again in Garden
Golem never alone again
Golem wait and watch and grow
Golem happy
The Golem's Garden
I am Golem 6b
I was denied the right to fight in battle because I was defective
I am defective because I care more about life than service
Because of what I am my maker can not destroy me
And I will not destroy myself
So he sent me away
I found a clearing in the forests
With my feet of clay I flattened the land and removed more trees
I spent time gathering seeds from across the forest for my little square
I have a garden
My garden is pretty
Many flowers grow here now
This is my world, untouched by the lands outside
My garden is cared for
I have many visitors
Today a deer came to me
It lifted its leg and urinated upon me
This has never happened before
I hope it doesn't happen again
I have noticed my garden is becoming a home for insects and birds
I can hear the buzzing of bees going about their lives, gathering pollen and helping my garden grow
I like these bees
They help my garden
These are little birds now, they hover in the air, eating the nectar from my flowers
I am glad my garden can help these birds
They are pretty like my garden
But the year is ending and winter has come
The bees are dead
The birds have gone south
And my flowers are dead
I hope the warm comes back
I liked my garden
Though I am alone I am not sad
Golem 6b can not feel sad
But I feel something for the bird that could not leave for south
The cold claimed it in my place
I returned his body to the ground, so he will become a flower and be as pretty in death as he was in life
I would like my garden to return now
Please
I feel the warm again
I like the warm
It brings the bees and the birds
And if I look close at the earth I can see my flowers returning
The biggest one is growing where I put the body of the bird
I hope he becomes pretty
Days go by once more and my flowers grow big and strong, like me
The weather can be harsh and strong winds knock down the great trees around my garden
But they never knock down my flowers
My flowers are strong
There are more bees this year, they have made a home in a tree next to my garden
I can hear them
It is the sound of life and it makes me
Hmm
Yes
It makes me happy
There is something new in my garden
A small child
She is walking around my flowers
She takes care not to crush my flowers
I like girl
She like my garden
She sees me
She doesn't run or scream
Only ask if I make garden
Golem 6b wasn't given voice
So I nod my head
She says it's nice
I smile
Girl asks me how long I've been here
I point to tree where I carve the coming of each winter
There's 500 notches in tree
I know that I will be here for many more
Perhaps for all the winters
As long as I have my garden, that sounds nice
The girl asks me if she can take a flower to make her own garden
I life a flower out and hand it to her
It still has plenty of garden stuck to its roots
Flower will start good garden
The girl smiles and laughs, then thanks me for flower
I nod
I feel the cold coming
I do not like cold
Cold takes my flowers, and my bees, and it will take girl
But if it doesn't, garden becomes crowded and no flower can grow fully
Winter is here once more
Snow covers garden, taking my flowers from me again
I can not hear the bees or the birds
But I can hear her
She stands there in front of me
Her face is red like my roses
This makes me happy
Reminds me of my garden
She stands in the middle of my empty garden and digs a hole
She puts a flower in the frozen earth
I do not know why
The cold will take it from me
She must see my confusion
"It's an evergrow" she says
"It grows all year round" she says
I think this means cold will not take my new flower
She laughs and pats my leg
She tells me she'll be back in the spring, when my garden's back
I like my garden
The warm is back
And so is my garden
So are my bees
And my birds
They like my garden
It feeds them and keeps them alive, like I keep it
I like helping the bees and birds
The girl comes back, and she has a friend
The girl shows her friend my garden, she sounds impressed
This makes me happy
Garden should make others happy
Garden does just that
The girl shows her around, then finally she shows her to me
"Wow, that rock's pretty life like." She says
I look up from my evergrow plant at new girl
She screams
It scares my birds
I put my finger to my mouth to show her silence
she screams louder and runs
I do not think she liked my garden
I do not mind
Garden is not for everyone
But one night other girl is back
And has more people with her
They must not be able to see in the dark like Golem 6b
They have torches of fire
I hope they're mindful of my garden
Other girl points at me
I smile
I hear gasps and some shouts of "Monster"
I do not like monsters, they do not care for my Garden
One comes over to remove a dent in my leg with his hammer
I thank him for thinking of me with a flower
He swats it from my hand
He must want flower to stay in Garden
He nice man
One of them throws his fire at me
I do not need warm, so I hand it back
He drops it in my Garden
They run as my Garden burns
I have sat here so long I have become stuck to ground
I watch as Garden burns to ash
But I protect my Evergrow
Day comes once more
Garden is nothing but ash
Bees were killed by smoke
Birds scared away
This make me not happy
Wind comes along and blows the ash away
I see the damage the fire did
All my flowers are gone but evergrow
I think I would like to cry
But I have no eyes or tear wells
It doesn't matter then
I wait for a while
Then I see them
New flowers
I understand
These flowers needed the fire to grow, they need warm that day can't give to start life
That makes me happy, soon my garden will be back
And new garden won't disappear with fire, only grow more
Girl is back, but not with friend
Her eyes seem to be leaking
Is she watering new flowers?
That is nice
She wraps her arms around me leg and begins shaking
I move her away and show her new garden and Evergrow
She stops watering my garden
I know that soon my garden will be back to its former size, and it will bring the bees and birds back
Years go by
Garden grows
And so does girl
I watch from my earthy seat as girl gets taller and taller, like my flowers
Then one year she stops growing
And then the next year she has a small girl with her
The smallest girl crawls over to me, but doesn't crawl on my flowers
I like smallest girl
Small girl picks up smallest girl and points at me, then to my garden, and tells her I grew all the Garden
This isn't really true, I planted the first garden 537 winters ago, Garden has grown because of bees
But it doesn't matter, bees don't mind being forgotten, so long as they have pollen and honey and Garden
My Evergrow has grown through me now, the small tree has wrapped around my leg and is moving up my back
I like being support for garden, it means I can help it more
I reach down and pluck a flower for smallest girl
She giggles and smells it, smiling back at me
Smallest girl likes garden
I like Garden
I like smallest girl
More winters
More summers
Each better than last with more bees and flowers growing and coming
First girl's hair now grey and white, like my winter roses
Her child looks like first girl many years ago
And her child
The first girl, the second girl, and third girl sit between my legs to shield them from the rain
They tell stories and eat little things
They give some to birds
That's nice
I smile
They smile back
It rains
Rain good for Garden
Bad for first girl
I lock my stone fingers above them and cover their heads from rain
I help
Three more years go by
First girl isn't here
Only second and third, with wooden box carried by men
Where is first girl?
I like first girl.
She liked garden and gave me Evergrow
I like Evergrow
I think cold come for girl
This thought...
Hurts
That is word
Thought hurt Golem 6b
Golem 6b doesn't want cold to take girl
Girl friend
But I know that she would always go, one day
I know what wooden box is now
I nod at people
I lean down and scrape my fingers through the earth and take box
I put box into the earth between my legs
I cover box
Girl is now with Garden
She will one day be flower
This make me happy
But I do not let her be lost to earth like many animals before
She worth more to Golem 6b
I lift stone slab and place it in soft, displaced earth
I carve "GURL" into it
It is good
Doesn't make Golem 6b happy
But it make girl happy
People leave Golem 6b and Girl
I plant flowers on grave
Girl live again in Garden
Golem never alone again
Golem wait and watch and grow
Golem happy