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==== The Gardens ==== | ==== The Gardens ==== | ||
The Gardens were large and mysterious. A sign at one of their entrances warned that they were “the domain of the [[Werepanda]]”. They were tended to by [[Sid|an old man]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') It contained anything from bushes to “great trees”, and somewhere within its depth was [[the Bodhi Tree]]. There was a shortcut to [[#The Warrens|the Warrens]] through the Gardens, which was often used by certain [[Hares In Charge of All Vegetation|parkour enthusiasts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | The Gardens were large and mysterious. A sign at one of their entrances warned that they were “the domain of the [[Werepanda]]”. They were tended to by [[Sid|an old man]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | ||
It contained anything from bushes to “great trees”, and somewhere within its depth was [[the Bodhi Tree]]. There was a shortcut to [[#The Warrens|the Warrens]] through the Gardens, which was often used by certain [[Hares In Charge of All Vegetation|parkour enthusiasts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') Generally speaking, the orchards and vegetable gardens were “nearest to the House”, but “a determined person could appear anywhere in the garden if they so desired”. Notable subdivisions of the Gardens included [[#The Topiary Veranda|the Topiary Veranda]] and [[#The hedge maze|a hedge maze]] designed by [[I. T. Haze]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | |||
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==== The Dojo ==== | ==== The Dojo ==== | ||
The Dojo was “thought up” and added to the House at some point after the [[Master of the House|House-dweller]]'s tour of [[#The Gardens|the Gardens]] with [[Sid|the strange guide]]. Because time was fluid in the House, the guide already knew about the Dojo's future existence, and, momentarily forgetting that the other man didn't, expressed confusion that he had thought relief in the Gardens rather than the Dojo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | The Dojo was “thought up” and added to the House at some point after the [[Master of the House|House-dweller]]'s tour of [[#The Gardens|the Gardens]] with [[Sid|the strange guide]]. Because time was fluid in the House, the guide already knew about the Dojo's future existence, and, momentarily forgetting that the other man didn't, expressed confusion that he had thought relief in the Gardens rather than the Dojo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | ||
==== The Topiary Veranda ==== | |||
The Topiary Veranda was located within [[#The Gardens|the Gardens]]. It took the form of a small open space with a few wrought-iron tables and a dozen matching chairs, surrounded on three sides by bushes shaped into “[[dragon]]s, [[unicorn]]s, and less immediately identifiable things”. A blue-and-white checkered-tile path led from the normal path through the Gardens to this area. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | |||
==== The hedge maze ==== | |||
Designed by [[I. T. Haze]], the “legendary” hedge maze, located within [[#The Gardens|the Gardens]], was unique and ever-changing. Its walls of foliage were about five feet tall. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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One theory about the identity of the [[Woman in the Painting|woman]] depicted in [[the Painting]] with her head turned towards a distant sunset over the sea, wearing a blue dress, was that she was once a woman beloved by the Architect. After she scorned his love, he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]], cursing it. However, most House historians believed this to be a fanciful legend, and that the curse of the Tarn predated the House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 33: The Painting|The Painting]]'') | One theory about the identity of the [[Woman in the Painting|woman]] depicted in [[the Painting]] with her head turned towards a distant sunset over the sea, wearing a blue dress, was that she was once a woman beloved by the Architect. After she scorned his love, he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]], cursing it. However, most House historians believed this to be a fanciful legend, and that the curse of the Tarn predated the House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 33: The Painting|The Painting]]'') | ||
[[#The hedge maze|The hedge maze]] in [[the Gardens]] was designed by [[I. T. Haze]], a legendary hedge-maze gardener of supernatural ability. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | |||
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=== The Master in the Gardens === | === The Master in the Gardens === | ||
In a bad mood after an argument, the Master of the House ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') stomped out of the House proper through [[#The Sun Room|the Sun Room]]. Ignoring the signs pointing to [[#The Tree House|the Tree House]] and [[#The Southern Veranda|the Southern Veranda]], he made his way to [[the Gardens]], where a sign warning visitors to be careful of the [[Werepanda]] only needled him further. After entering, he was confronted by a strange man ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') who offered to take him on a tour of the Gardens, enticing him to accept with the possibility of “tea in the shade of [[the Bodhi Tree]]” at the end of the tour. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | In a bad mood after an argument, the [[Master of the House]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') stomped out of the House proper through [[#The Sun Room|the Sun Room]]. Ignoring the signs pointing to [[#The Tree House|the Tree House]] and [[#The Southern Veranda|the Southern Veranda]], he made his way to [[the Gardens]], where a sign warning visitors to be careful of the [[Werepanda]] only needled him further. After entering, he was confronted by a strange man ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') who offered to take him on a tour of the Gardens, enticing him to accept with the possibility of “tea in the shade of [[the Bodhi Tree]]” at the end of the tour. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') The old man, who introduced himself as [[Sid]], walked quickly, chattering happily to his charge about what they saw on the way and what else they might see yet, from the orchards and vegetable garden to [[#The Topiary Veranda|the Topiary Veranda]] and we [[I. T. Haze]]'s [[#The hedge maze|hedge maze]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | ||
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