Newbrassky

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim runs up the stairs to the cupola to see what the matter is with the FFg.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The door to the cupola is ajar and she is standing at the windows, looking down to where the trees used to be.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"FFg, what is the matter?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"The trees are running away! I like trees! I know this is the plains and all, but once in a while... " She sighs and gives a scrub at her face, "... trees are nice."

[Silver Creek Slim]

"I like trees, too, me bein' from the Big North Woods. We planted some trees, but they won't be the Newbrassky National Forest fer quite some time though.  "

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"I know. I just have to remember I don't really live here, I'm just visiting. I can always go home if I really want to."  She gives one more sniffle, then a small smile.

[Russ T Chambers]

"The trees are running away! I like trees! I know this is the plains and all, but once in a while... " She sighs and gives a scrub at her face, "... trees are nice."

Sorry FFg
It was only an Entmoot, and now that Trinity's ring is gone they are off to parts unknown to take permanent root. Probably part of Slim's Newbrassky National Forest.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"The trees are running away! I like trees! I know this is the plains and all, but once in a while... " She sighs and gives a scrub at her face, "... trees are nice."

Sorry FFg
It was only an Entmoot, and now that Trinity's ring is gone they are off to parts unknown to take permanent root. Probably part of Slim's Newbrassky National Forest.

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother's smile broadens a bit as she hears RussT.

"Oh, they wouldn't dare do that! Then Delmonico would subject them to a rant about destroying a unique ecosystem, and about there is no place on Earth that is like the Great Plains, and he'd rant and rave, and probably put castor oil on their roots!"

[Silver Creek Slim]

 

[Trinity]

Hearing the crying, Trinity stumbles up the stairs as fast as he can with his jug to the FFg's room.  "Ish evershing ok? *hic* I shaw them treesh walkin' way an hear Miss FFg cryin'!" 

Trinity takes another swig and looks at the jug.  "Shoo, dash shome good shtuff!"

"Well, Hey thar Shlim!  How'sh ya doin'?  When *hic* When didja get back to chown?  Did Delmoniker chell ya what kinda mean trick he done plait on me?"   *hic*

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Trinity, I got back when them walkin' trees showed up. What trick was that?"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico is out in the kitchen makin' breakfast and rantin'.

durn folks from up north and back east when they settled their home states they couldn't wait ta start cuttin' down all the trees and they tried and tried and tried and when they got tired of it and had cut down a large part of them they move out here and then there ain't no trees for them to have to cut down afore they can plant their crops and build their house so what do the do but whine and start plantin' trees so their kids and grandkids will have trees in their way to cut down and the next thing ya know that fellar from back east that is the poly-tit-ion from Newbrassky City will get his durned Arbor Day passed and we'll all have to go out and destroy the prairie and the durned state workers a'll be wantin' the day off with pay.

"Breakfast is ready, we're havin' "Hang Town Fry" 

[Silver Creek Slim]

"My ancesters probably cut down many a tree and grubbed out stumps to clear land to bust sod."
"I'll pass on the Hangtown Fry. Oysters don't cotton to me.  Thanks anyway, Del."

[Trinity]

"Trinity, I got back when them walkin' trees showed up. What trick was that?"

After sobering up, Trinity remembers that Slim had asked him a question.  "Wail Slim, that rang that Ah found down to that excrement tube turnt out ta be a magical rang.  Ah was able ta make jugs fer ever'body, all tha food ya would ever want ta ever see without havin ta kill yer favorite animals.  Ah even made a bottomless jug fer mahself!!!  It was when Ah made the potted meat (Go back a few pages for pictures yummm) that ole Delmonico got can-tankerous an stolt mah rang when ah was a-sleepin.  Well, that din't matter much, cause Ah had mah jug but then it disappeart!  Delmonico sent mah rang up ta some crack up to the mountains so's I caint never find it no more.  Now Ah gots ta start makin' mah recipe mahself again!

Mean!  "

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

After an absence of about 5 hours, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother returns with a scattering of glittering sawdust, hints of loam under her fingernails, a wreath of oak leaves in her hair, and a contented smile.

[Trinity]

"Whatcha been scuptin Miss FFG?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

As she smiles and reaches up to adjust the wreath in her hair, she gives off the scent of fresh cut pine.

"Oh, I just went out in the woods and chopped up some fallen trees. There is nothing like swinging an axe to give a person an attitude adjustment."

(Author's note: In real life, it would have been a chain saw. I LOVE my chain saw. )

[Trinity]

Trinity is embarrassed.  By Loam he understood clay and thought the FFg was sculpting a statue of him.  Oh well he thinks, silly thought.

"Well, glad ya haid a good tahm, Miss FFg.  Ah'm right tard an intend to go drekly to baid.  Sleep waill!"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"Wait... you said 'sculpting'?" Trinity's accent sometimes throws off the Frumpy Fairy Godmother and it takes a bit for the word to sink in.
"No, I was gathering up the rotting leaves that had mixed with the clay and soil. It makes for a fertile soil for a garden."

She leans to give Trinity a chaste kiss on his cheek. "Sleep well!"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico thinks if the FFg wants a well ferilized garden it would be easier to just move the horse corral and use the old one for a garden. ( He's thinkin' about the time in real life his friend the dairy farmer came with a funny lookin' wagon and pooped on the garden.  It's a good thing there was not a fan in the garden, cause, when the wagon opened up and the poop hit it......................
it would have clogged the fan but good. )