{"id":25611,"date":"2025-08-14T13:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25611"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:44:39","slug":"25611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25611","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From that day on, Junie became Clove\u2019s unofficial guardian. Every afternoon, she\u2019d trot over to Miss Dottie\u2019s with a basket of treats: corn, grains, and occasionally, a few strawberries sneaked from our own garden. She\u2019d fill Clove\u2019s water dish, fluff her bedding, and spend hours reading her stories from picture books, convinced the hen understood every word.<\/p>\n<p>In return, Miss Dottie became an unexpected ally in navigating the tender heart of a child grappling with complex emotions. She\u2019d share tales of her own childhood, talk about the cycle of life in the garden, and teach Junie the value of cherishing the time we have, whether with people or with a plucky hen like Clove.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25613\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23467\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From that day on, Junie became Clove\u2019s unofficial guardian. Every afternoon, she\u2019d trot over to Miss Dottie\u2019s with a basket of treats: corn, grains, and occasionally, a few strawberries sneaked from our own garden. She\u2019d fill Clove\u2019s water dish, fluff her bedding, and spend hours reading her stories from picture books, convinced the hen understood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25611\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25615,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25611\/revisions\/25615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}