it was midnight but the birds couldn’t sleep An ominous feeling hung in the air Even the moon shining through the blanket of clouds seemed unusually pale The Blues Jim Jake and Jay looked out into the dark night anxiously
Do you see anything suspicious a wary Red asked Chuck and Bomb who had just returned from scouting the area for any pigs on the prowl for eggs No sign of any snout scouts Chuck replied This is a pork free zone Bomb chimed in If I’m not going to get any sleep tonight I might as well go work in my garden Matilda sighed We’re coming too shouted Jim Jake and Jay Four beaks is better than one
hard work and within moments their eyelids started getting heavy My gallant helpers Matilda sighed tenderly The clouds slowly parted and the pale light of the moon revealed a small beautiful plant with pitch-black berries which had appeared in the garden Matilda gasped Oh Where did that come from she said And The Blues weren’t much help though Tending the garden was what beautiful berries it has I wonder how they taste Tasting one of the berries Matilda instantly spat it out Yuck That’s terrible Ptui Best to transplant this farther away from the garden so no one eats the berries by accident And with that Matilda disappeared into the dark night with the plant in her mouth 6
