happened was that just before we all went on stage Poppy whispered to Willow Hey Willow why don’t you take off that silly hat Huh Willow asked in surprise from under her knitted hat The audience thinks you look like a teapot with that thing on Poppy laughed That’s not funny Poppy Willow snapped Poppy was nervous though and this meant she didn’t know when to stop What Is the teakettle whistling Poppy giggled With her feelings hurt Willow went over to mope under a tree Where’d that teapot go Is it time for tea Poppy continued Shut your beak Poppy I snapped then went over to Willow I’m always the one who solves other people’s arguments 10
I’m not gonna play Besides Poppy looks like an egg Willow said in a miserable voice pulling her hat down so low you couldn’t see any of her This is all I need I said angrily Come on let’s go Dahlia shouted to us but Willow wouldn’t budge She just kept moping under her hat Apologize Poppy or else I’ll shove you inside your horn I ordered I glared so fiercely at Poppy my eyes could have scorched her feathers I roared Apologize NOW like you mean it or I’ll catapult you right into the pigs Everyone stared at Poppy Sorry she blurted out as she saw I was about to get really mad Sometimes I get so sick of these childish arguments that I always have to solve Sometimes Willow is too sensitive and sometimes Poppy is too goofy Even Dahlia gets her feelings hurt because of the dumb things Poppy says They’re still my best friends 11
though even if one of them’s usually moping around Mope Mope The stage was swaying and creaking It was a nice stage but even so I was afraid it might collapse I was so nervous I was shaking Good evening Golden Island Introducing for one night only The Friends Finally I got to use my great intro The microphone Dahlia built kept squawking so loudly I could see the critters who’d come to the show dropping out of the trees like over-ripe apples One two three Game on Poppy started up with some awesome drumming and I’m telling you Diary it was so great Dahlia was shredding away on her guitar Willow blasted her trumpet and Luca was bouncing around the stage so wildly I had to make sure he didn’t fall off the stage and into the stream flowing behind him 12
The audience members bopped along with the music and we had a fantastic time I felt like a star when I started to sing The title of the song was Us and it was about us friends Willow Dahlia Luca Poppy and of course me Stella Willow had suggested naming the song You and making it about the audience so they wouldn’t feel left out but there’s no way it could be called You when it’s about us Sometimes Willow can be a little too nice 13
