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CHAPTER 2A DAY OF EXPLORINGWe left Star after having an incrediblysocial day, bless her, she was all tuckeredout, the pitfalls of being a loner I suppose.I left a note for her on her dining roomtable, while she slept, with some moreinformation about the challenges she willface, here at Star Dew Farm.Dear Star,Caretaker here, I just wanted to saywelcome and that I hope you slept well.There are some rules that yourGrandfather wanted you to follow and itis paramount that you keep them,should you wish to stay.Firstly, you are not allowed to seek anyformal employment. That was hisnumber one stipulation, he reallywanted to see how you got on living justoff of the land, as he did when hemoved here.Secondly, there are certain items thathe wished you to turn in to me, thatwould, in turn, make your life here morevaried, interesting and maybe even justthat little bit easier.handiness, gardening, fishing, cookingand cross-stitching.Well, take care of yourself, I’ll be sure tocheck in on you from time to time.Caretaker of Star Dew FarmWell, Star wastes no time getting to work onsome of those skills, the first thing she doeswhen she wakes is to find a local fishingspot and start work on her fishingtechnique. She caught a weed encrustedlog with her first try, but she wasdetermined that she would be completelyself-sufficient and that meant being able toprovide her own food! The fishing practisewould continue.With the next bite, she feels a little moreconfident that it was something alive andnot just some flotsam from the bottom ofthe lake. Lo and behold, she pulls a largegreen fish from the water.Thinking back to the summers she spenthere with her Grandfather, she is almostcertain that she has caught a bass. This isone of the items the caretaker mentioned inthe list attached to his letter that makes upthe fishing bundle! So, she is determinednot to eat it, but to try again and see whatelse she can catch.Her next catch is something that she hasnever seen before, she thinks that it is somesort of gummy fish? Oh well, she will askMichael when she sees him next, he seemsto know a lot about the local wildlife.He wished that you would get to knowyour neighbours as well, he worriedabout you living in the city, that youspent all your time alone in yourapartment, with no friends as such. Asyou saw yesterday, the locals are afriendly bunch and they will be happyto help you out as long as the favour isreturned.And the last thing I will leave you with isthat he wanted you to work on yoursurvival skills, the skills that will help youwith all the other things he wanted youto achieve, skills such as charisma,