It is easy to start anything with enthusiasm. It is difficult to see it through. Kids love to bring a dog from a shelter and promise to feed and walk the dog each day. It turns out that after the initial cuddling and playing with the dog the ‘looking after’ part gets boring and the poor parents end up doing the necessary jobs and the kids just love to play with the pet when time permits. So it is with watering the plants and feeding the birds. Things get monotonous when we get into the nitty gritty of doing them.

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