Book3:WereMyDreamIs

ifyMr.Fih.Sheputthesthtlybatheporbottleandputitintoherbackpackaswell,meaningtoshareitwithDimitriwheback.Charinacarefullybypassedthebrokengssandtiowalkforward.Shecametoapcethatlookedlikeakit.Alotofbowlsanddishesyiandashesbutanarrayofpletecookingutensilshunguntouchedonthewall.Shewalkedontoanopenspacethatcouldhavebeenthebackgarden.Intheerofthegardenwasarustedwaterfaucetwithtwobuckets,mopsandingcloth.Charinaeyesbrightened.“Whydon’tIusetheseingutensilstowashandupKingDmitri’sthrohatthethrosymbolizestheauthorityseesthelightofdayagain?”

    ObedientlyfollowingCharina’sorders,thetwotigersKojakandCorteztookthebucketsbetweeeethandtrottedtotheketofillthemwithwater;whileCharinacarriedthemop,broom,ingclothandotheringutensilsandmadeherwaytowardsthegreathall.Itwasboriousasherfeetwereimmersedtotheankleiheachstepshetook.SooigerswerebackwiththeirbucketsofclearkewaterandsawthatCharinawassweepingawaythedustandashesfromtheptformwithabroom.Seeingthatthedustandashesaccumutedtherewasreallytoothick,shetookthebucketsofwaterandsimplyspsheditohroertheotheraigerstooktheemptybucketsandrantowardstheketogetmore.Shescrubbednon-stopatthedirt,owice,thrice.Thetigersraninnumerabletimestoandfrofromtheruinstothekeprinnumerablebucketsofwaterforheruntitstitwasagainandthehundredsofbrilliantpreciousstonesembeddedinitoncemaveforththeirbrilliance.Seeingtherewasstilldirtlodgedbetweenthepreciousstones,Charinasprayedthegapwithabottleofsingfluidandthencarefullyedeveryinchofthethrone.Finallysatisfiedwithherwork,shespshedita