Episode 1
Called a Curse in the Square
Sybil blames Flora for the failed rains and tries to turn her away; neighbors hold that the relative cannot simply abandon the child.
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The story
The short version. Family, 70 episodes on YourChannel. Years of drought have left crops dead and stores thin. Five-year-old Flora, orphaned after her father Ian's death, is blamed by her aunt Sybil for the dry weather and nearly driven off.
Episode one plays out at the town square amid failed crops. Sybil calls Flora a curse and a monster for talking to birds and wants her gone; neighbors point out that Sybil holds Ian's belongings and cannot simply turn the child out. Clara steps forward and invites Flora home, choosing to take on another mouth at the table in hard times.
Episode nine moves into the woods where an injured dog lies locked in a wolf trap, bleeding badly and defensive. Flora approaches without fear, understands its warnings, and sends Pip the bluebird ahead to locate the quick-stopping healing herb, showing how her gift turns into practical rescue.
Episode six centers on a thin, scoffed-at hen nobody expected to lay. Sybil writes the bird off as worthless, but Flora reads its readiness and, in front of the watching crowd, the hen proves productive; the scene turns Sybil's public mockery back on her.
Series facts checked against the YourChannel listing. Notes cover the opening episodes only; nothing here reveals the ending.
