{"id":3056,"date":"2025-05-27T18:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:39:28","slug":"3056","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=3056","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014until the day I came home from visiting my sister and found the pond gone. Filled with dirt. Just\u2026 gone.Sweet Mrs. Johnson next door said a crew came while I was away. They had paperwork and claimed it was authorized. I knew exactly who was behind it: Brian.Luckily, my grandkids had set up a bird camera in the tree. And guess who we saw on camera, bossing the workers around?<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>That\u2019s right\u2014Brian.First stop: the environmental agency. I reported the destruction of a protected habitat\u2014because I\u2019d registered the pond years ago, and it housed rare fish. 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When she heard the truth and the history of the pondshe was furious. Days later, Brian disappeared. Then I woke up to the sound of machinery. Karen had hired a crew to restore the pond herself.Now, the frogs are back, the pond is better than ever, and Karen and I are great friends. Brian? 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