Read Parts 1-3
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Months passed this way with the lizard and the cricket each believing that this gift had been intended for them alone. Then a storm passed over and left so much refuse in the streets that the truck ceased to visit and with that the daily rain of coffee vanished from their lives. On the first day they were confused but they ignored this feeling and continued to wait even as the sky grew dark and then light again. The second and third days passed in the same way and eventually the two creatures edged out past the grass with the hope that the source of the nourishment might be discovered. They saw each other.
'I won't eat you,' the lizard said, as the cricket began bowing a tune nervously. 'I have moved on from base foods to a better taste.'
'As have I. It has improved my playing.'
'I'm waiting now for my food to arrive. It falls from the sky only over the place where I live.'
'I find myself drawn here by the same cause. Could it be that we are both here for it?'
'No, that cannot be.'
And so they waited in silence for 3 more days but their coffee never came. The lizard was very depressed now and the cricket started playing a tune to help raise his spirits. The lizard was inspired by this to move out into the street and it was there he found a paper coffee cup. He could smell a hint of sweetness in it and was again inspired to walk on. The cricket followed him all the while keeping up the happy tune.
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