Mission 50: Track weasel dibbuns down
Thistle, Lilybil, and Windbyek were playing ball when someone tapped Thistle on the back. She turned around and saw three little weasels! "Scuse me, we was wunnerin' if we cwudd pway wiv chu," one giggled innocently.
Lilybil smiled. "Sure. Come on, ball is better with six...or five." Lilybil looked around Now there were just two weaselbabes! Windbyek showed them how to play, and they had lots of fun.
The other weasel, Woggle, had snuck away to find DAB's secret treasure. The lead of the vermind dibbuns wanted him to do this so that VAB(Vermin Against Bedtime) sould be better than DAB. Woggle couldn't find anything except a large stash of strawberries, so he took them.
That night, he and the other two, Gepple and Telli, ran away from Redwall, taking the strawberries with them!
Tangle and all the other Dibbuns were shocked. "Fissle, Lil'bil an' Win'bike, wudd yous twack da evil dibbuns down?" Tangle asked.
"'Course we will," Windbyek cheeped. "We bwing our strawbies back!"
So the three Dibbuns, with their key that opened any lock, crept out of the Abbey that night, after all the grown-ups were in bed. Thistle told them her plan. "Win'bike, you go by ayir, cuz you c'n 'most fwy, can't chu?"
Windbyek nodded. "Lil'bil, go by wata, cuz chu c'n swim. I'll gwo by wand, cuz I can on'y wakk. Den you twos sneak ups on dem, an' fight dem. I'll gwo fin' owr sta'bwies!"
So they all went different ways, Windbyek hopping from branch to branch (he couln't quite fly yet), Lilybil swimming in a little stream, and Thistle sneaking around the underbrush. Thistle spied a campfire with three figures around it, and she gave a signal to the other two to attack.
Lilybil and Windbyek ran into their camp and started throwing rocks at them to get their attention. Gepple, the biggest, ran at them, calling, "Get 'em!" The other two weasels charged at them.
While they fought, Thistle crept ointo their camp and looked for the bag. She saw it by a log, and ran over to get it. When she did that, she threw a large stone at Telli's head. Tellie fell down unconscious. Lilybil and Windbyek each did the same to Gepple and Woggle, and they all tied the weasels to a tree branch, hanging by their feet. "Anuver victry fo' DAB! YAAAYYY!" they cried happily, and brought the strawberries back to DAB. Everyone could have their strawberries again!
Mission 6: Get candied chestnuts from friend
Once I got a bag of candied chestnuts from my friend Arrowhead. He's an owl. This is how I got it:
First I asked Arrowhead if I could have one of the bags of candied chestnuts he got for his birthday, but he said no. Then I begged him for them, but he still said no. I said, "I'wll twade yous a arrer for d' cannied chesknutters." He shook his head.
Then it was time for us to go home and take our nap, but I sneaked away from my mommy and snuck after him and his mommy and followed them home. Lucky for me, I didn't get caught. After Arrowhead got tucked into bed by his mommy, I walked over there. I asked him, "Are yous awaked?", and there was no answer. Now, Arrowhead talks in his sleep, so I decided to play a trick on him. So, I asked him once again if I could have a bag. Then he groaned, "Ye-es." So I took a bag off of his bedside table. I was sooo happy, and proud of myself for tricking Arrowhead. Then I snuck back to my house and ate them all up.
Mission 28: "bilzzards" in Mossflower
"Lilybil, time to go back to Redwall!" a fully grown female otter, Flostream, called to her kit. She had taken her baby, Lilybil, to a stream to play.
"I don' wantsa go, mummy!" Lilybil whined. She dived back into the stream, and started to swim away. She swam quite far before she realized she was lost! Where was her mommy? Why didn't she come after her? Lilybil decided not to bother with those questions right now, she wanted to have fun!
The baby ottermaid hopped out of the water and shook out her fur. all she saw before her were the big woods of Mossflower! Then Lilybil's little ears picked up voices, coming from her left. She decided to see what was going on. Peeking out from behind a fern, Lilybil saw four giant scaly things, and they had her mother! Lilybil listened to their conversaion.
"Yaa, ve goezz and capturezz ze abbey, and zoon ve vill have taken over ze whole woodzz of Mozzflower!" Lilybil heard one say. She had to get back to the Abbey and tell Martin! She got the help of a bluebird to find her way, and she ran inside.
"Ma'tin! Dere's dees big blizzards inna Mossfwower, an' dey've gots my muvvz!"
"Silly Lilybil, there are no blizzards in summer!" Martin said absentmindedly.
"No, not blizzards, blizzards!"
"Oh, you mean lizards! Come on, show me the way, and I'll, no, we'll deal with them!"
"Yaayyy Ma'tin!"
They ran back to the lizard camp, and Lilybil whacked them with slingstones while Martin took out his sword. As soon as Fostream was free, she helped them defeat the lizards. Soon Mossflower was safe again thanks to Lilybil, Martin, and Fostream.
Mission 2: Escape from Infirmary
Once I got sent to the Infirmary because I started a food fight at a feast. It wasn't MY fault the abbot got meadowcream pie right between his ears. THAT incident was Lilybil's. She's doing dishes in the kitchen. Anyway, I need to excape chores, cuz there is a picnic outside and I want to go to it!
So I said to Sister Aspasia (she's the Infirmary head) ,"I needta use da westwoom." Instead, I went to my bed in the dormitory, to get something I had been saving for this very purpose. A smoke bomb! When I got to the stairs, where Brother Hedgeberry was watching to make sure no naughty Dibbuns escaped chores, I threw the smoke bomb at him. He couldn't see, so I escaped to the picnic. I ate lots and lots of treats and nummy stuff, before Sister Berryblossom caught me, but excaped again, and hid in the cellars.
Mission 4: The Runaway
"Now, which of you can tell me the name of Martin the Warrior's grandisre?" Saxtus called over the noise of the rowdy dibbuns seated round him. "Strawbee!" called Streampearl mischeviously, waving her ink-stained paws high in the air. "No, no, no," the mouse said, adopting a stern tone. "His name was-" "Graylin' inna pond!" cried a squirrelybabe, giggling behind his paws. Saxtus turned and frowned at him, then stifled a cry of pain as his paw flew up to his ear. Extracting a honey-coated chestnut, he eyes the door. "That's it, you rascals! Mother Mellus! Oh Mother Mellus!"
Badgermum Mellus growled deep in her throat as she stormed out of Great Hall, dragging a struggling, ink-stained ottermaid by her neck scruff. She stomped out onto the grounds, drew herself up to her full height, then shook the young troublemaker none too gently over the strawberry patch. "How many times 'ave I told ye, you little scamp!" she cried in exasperation, depositing the youngster on the dusty ground, "Not to interrupt Saxtus's history lessons! Look at the ink on those paws, you young rip! Away with you, before I decied to give you a bath!"
Streampearl trotted off, grumbling under her breath, "Dat's it, mate, I'm outta 'ere." She stomped through one of DAB's secret entrances and ran up to the Dibbun Dorm. Reaching under her bed, she retrieved a fuzzy pale blue blanket, a leather haversack, a pouch of flint and tinder, her sling and her dagger. Stuffing everything into the haversack, the disgruntled otter hefted the burden and ran outside, deep into Mossflower Woods.
That afternoon Sreampearl grew tired and made camp. She thrust two forked sticks into the soft ground and lay another stick across them. She then threw the blanket over the stick structure and weighed both ends down with rocks. She crawled inside and brushed the stones away from the ground, then went out to forage for lunch.
A blackberry bush and a pawful of wild onions grew by a stream a few yards away from the ottermaid's campsite. She cupped her paws and drank, then gathered the food and returned to her makeshift tent. Gulping down her frugal meal, the ottermaid barely noticed the drizzle starting outside.
Laying her head down on the empty haversack, the otterbabe fell asleep, content to be away from the rules and regulations of Redwall Abbey. Homesickness was creeping in, but sleep banished it swiftly. Outside the drizzle persisted, growing to a heavy rain. The runaway dibbun slept on, unaware of the angry elements.
A crack of thunder woke the drowsing otterbabe. She clutched the polished handle of her sling as water seeped into the ground all around her. Stuffing her spplies in the haversack, she dawned the blanket like a cloak and ran towards the Abbey as the storm raged above her. Twitching her whicskers with fright, Streampearl rushed headlong through the bramble and branches. Her footpaws splashed through mud puddles and she was sompletely saturated by the time she sighted the Abbey. Splashing through the pond shallows, she scrambled into DAB. Tangle greeted her with a dry hug. "Where 'ave ya bin, mate?" she aked eyeing the sopping troublemaker qestioningly. "It's a long story, matey," Streampearl began, shaking her damp fur ruefully.
End.
Mission 22: History lesson
Fwirl tapped her paw lazily. It wasn't fair, she decided. Why was it, that on a lovely summer day when the DAB army was having their first training mission they all had to tay in and have extra history lessons from Brother Hobert? It wasn't fair. But maybe there was a way out of it...
"Good morning, young Dibbuns," greeted Brother Hobert. He was not looking foward to teaching a load of disruptive Dibbuns on a hot summer afternoon, especially not in the gatehouse which was always boiling hot. Still, better get on with it.
The good Brother turned to write on the blackboard. Fwirl felt in her habit pocket for the Welmet plant she had found on the Dibbuns last berry-picking trip. Welmet causes you to itch if touched with bare paws. Fwirl was careful to wrap it in some thick cloth.
After doing the exercise set for them, Fwirl took her book up to Brother Hobert. He bent his head down to mark the book, his habit hanging loosely off his back. Fwirl grinned mischeviously as she tipped the Welmet plant down his back.
Brother Hobert handed Fwirl her book back and she gratefully sat down. Brother Hobert raised his paw to scratch his back. It helped, but a few minutes later it came back, twice as bad! He tried to ignore it but it felt like there was a whole hive of bees down his back! Soon he was scratching violently, almost falling off his chair as he tried to scratch himself.
"Cla...class...class dismissed." he said wearily. He was last seen running towards the Abbey Pond and jumping in.
"Yeah!" shouted everybeast. Fwirl grinned and sighed. Ah, well, at least they had got out of history!
Mission 39: Tavel to Salamandastron to get help, then free Redwall Abbey from a vermin horde.
Timothy had been sent on a mission to Salamandastrion along with a full dibbun army, an otter named Thridd, and otter named Dilff, and a shrew named Linch. They had been journeying all day and were very tired and hungry. "Do yous want some shrew bread? It's from my group the GUOSIM." asked Linch. The two otters, the young field mouse, and the entire dibbun army accepted the offer without a second thought. They ate by firelight as they looked up at the big hills. Beyond them was Salamandastron, the gigantic mountain, the place where they would get help. That night, Timothy went to sleep before everyone else. Thridd looked at him smiling. "Poor little mouse. He's traveled 'ard for a young'un. Let's let him sleep. We have a long day ahead of us getting across the river and scaling those mountains." Thridd got a pawful of water out of the stream and threw it on the fire. It went out. They all went to sleep, thinking of how they would get across the stream at dawn.
The next morning, Thridd, Timothy, Linch, and the dibbuns awoke to see Dilff thinking. "I have an idea of how we can get across there without gettin' wet. Linch, you get a big log and bring it here. Timothy and Thridd, you watch for Linch to come back." Later, Linch had brought a big log. Thridd and Dilff lifted it and sat it on the stream, making a bridge. They all crossed safely one at a time. "What are you doing here, here?" asked an unfamiliar voice. It was coming from a cave. "This is Bat Mountpit, Bat Mountpit. I am Lord Wingear." said Lord Wingear. Thridd spoke up, "I am Thridd, and this is Timothy, this is Dilff, and this is Linch. The rest are members of Dibbuns Against Bedtime. We come from Mossflower to find Salamandastron. Redwall Abbey is in great danger." "In our history, a mouse by the name of Martin came to this cave, this cave. He came with two friends, Gonff and Dinny, Dinny." "Yes, that's our Martin," said Dilff. "And Gonff the Prince of Mousethieves, and Dinny Foremole." "Lord Wingear, do you know a shortcut to Salamandastron?" asked Thridd. "I'm sorry, sorry. I haven't ever journeyed out of this cave before, before. I do not know where Salamandastron is either." "Salamandastron is a huge mountain at the coast and a Badger Lord rules it and he has a huge army of hares." said Thridd. "Thank you for letting me know that." said Lord Wingear. "I did have a traveler here who said the badger was Lord Swordpaw. I have not met him, him." "Thank you for letting me know that." said Thridd, half joking and half serious. They walked out of the cave as Lord Wingear called to them, "Good luck, luck!"
Once over the mountains, they decided to make camp near the marshes. As Timothy was falling asleep, a toad walked up to him. He opened his eyes and squeaked in fear. That woke Thridd, Dilff, and Linch. "Redwaaaaaaall!" screamed Thridd and Dilff. "GUOSIMMMMMMM!" screeched Linch. Linch whirled a sling and hit the toad. "I am Whiplar the toad ruler. You will all be slain unless you surrender and throw down you weapons." The gruesome toad lifted his trident. "Wedwaaaaall!" yelled Timothy. He whacked the toad with his wooden sword. The toad was knocked unconscious. "Yay! Timothy!" yelled the dibbun army, who was watching it all. Suddenly, though, a whole army of toads popped up from the marshes. The dibbuns ran at the toads, knocking some out with tiny slings with pebbles and making them pass out with dirty smelly socks. Timothy knocked some out with his small wodden sword and soon the whole army was defeated. "Let's get out of here," said Dilff. "So we aren't here when they wake up." In the distance was Salamandastron. "Hooray!" yelled Timothy and the dibbuns. They raced to the base of the mountain.
A hare looked out of a window. "Who are those bally blighters at the bottom of our filppin' mountain?" "Well, Cosmon, they're woodlanders, so they mean us no harm." said Lord Swordpaw. A young female hare joined them. "You say you flippin' saw guests to our mountain? Well, I'll be dashed! It's Thridd and Dilff from Redwall! And they have a whole bunch of dibbuns and a shrew with them." "Well, leave them in Winda. What are you waiting for, eh?" said Lord Swordpaw. Thridd, Dilff, Timothy, Linch, and the dibbuns were let in. Then they told about their problem. "You see," explained Dilff, "Redwall Abbey has been taken over by a vermin horde and the Badger Mother Melanius is locked in a cage with guards watching her. The GUOSIM and the otter crew is not enough. We were hoping you could help uos." "Of course," replied Lord Stonepaw. "It would be an honor to assist our friends from Redwall Abbey. Cosmon, Winda, Triffon, and Madash will round up a gigantic army of hares and I will accompany you back to Redwall to rid the Abbey of these wicked vermin." Swordpaw picked up his uhuge battle sword. "Are you ready to free you abbey, warriors?" asked the Badger Lord. "Aye!" came the reply. The journey back to the abbey was very easy, seeing as the little group had a big Badger Lord accompanying them. The hare army followed close behind the Badger Lord, the dibbuns, the two otters, and the shrew. Soon they were back at Redwall's gates. "WEDWAAAAAAAAAALL!" yelled the dibbuns. "EULALIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled the hares and the Badger Lord. The vermin looked up and their eyes bulged at the Badger Lord from at the wall top. The Badger Lord shook his head. "I don't know how we'll ever scale those walls to get into the Abbey. It would be very hard indeed." "I gots an idea!" said Timothy. "If I gets my rope an' hook, I will be able to climb up the walls and get in there and unlock da gates." The Badger Lord thought for a moment, and then said to Timothy, "What if you get hurt by the vermin?" "Oh, I won't!" said Timothy. "I bes a smart dibbun."
Trusting Timothy, they watched him get his hook and climb the walls. Once on the wall top, he knocked some vermin unconscious with his wooden sword. He re-attatched the rope and hook to the other side of the wall and slid down. He unlocked the gate using his skeleton key. The Badger Lord burst through the gates and slew lots of vermin who were standing in his path. He shouted out orders to his hare army. "Cosmon, you distract the guards that are hohlding the Badger Mother hostage. Timothy, with your skeleton key, unlcok the cage so Mother Melanius can excape. Triffon, find where the Abbot is being held hostage. And Madash, you go with Triffon to help him." "Anythin' I can do you ya, sah?" asked Winda. "You can stay with me and help me fight off these scum!" Meanwhile, the DAB were doing their part, too. They were using their weapons on many of the vermin, knocking them out cold. Cosmon leaped at the guards. "What are you bally filppin' doin' sahs? It's a very hot day for you to be keeping watch of this badger, eh, wot?" "It's a rabbit! Get that rabbit!" said a rat. "A flippin' rabbit? I should sat not, sah. I'm a hare, and you better remember that, wot!" He gave the rat a kick with his hind leg. A stoat was angry. "Come on, let's get that longears!" With the five guards at his back,, Cosmon ran around the Abbey grounds. Timothy got out his skeleton key. It unlocked the cage and the big badger was going after the vermin.
Meanwhile, Madash and Triffon were looking for where the Abbot was. "Over here, my good friends." said a voice. Triffon and Madash turned to see the gray mouse tied up. "We'll bally well get you free, wot! The filppin' vermin are too busy with Cosmon, Lord Swordpaw, and Winda to bother us here." They cut the bonds with their daggers. "Thank you," said the Abbot. They continued fighting until almost all of the vermin horde were slain. Only a few were left, and there was the leader, Jortand the ferret. "Face me in combat, stripedog, and we'll see who wins." said the wicked ferret. "I accept, scum. You will see how powerful the wrath of a Badger Lord is!" boomed Lord Swordpaw. "What's da wath of a bajer lowd, Cosmon?" asked Timothy. "Well, Timothy, it's something that you'll find out sooner or later. Terrible stuff, wot." Later that afternoon, the ferret and the badger were prepared for battle. Sword upraised, the badger glared at the ferret piercingly. The ferret held his weapon up into the air, a trident. The trident and the sword clanged together as everybeast watched in amazement at this final fight. The trident fell out of Jortand's paw. As he feached to get it, Lord Swordpaw's sword ran through him, slaying him. The rest of the vermin watched the badger with frightened eyes. Then they pleaded for mercy, "Oh, please, spare us! Please do! Spare us!" Thridd looked at Linch. "Do y' think you could lead these sniveling things south?" Linch rplied fastly, "Certainly, but the first one to wander off I will kill with my rapier." So the remaining vermin were lead south, and things remained as at Redwall Abbey. Timothy told DAB about his adventure. "I saw des bats the ekod when dey spoke, and ugwy toaders and da hawes and da badjer! It was a gweat advenchur!"
Mission 21: Abbey sports day
Today is the Abbey Sports day. I built a boat to race in the pond with. It has a sail on the mast, and it is made out of one of Ambrose Spike's barrels. It also has two paddles...but I'm not gonna use those in the race! It has little spikes on the rim, a d stuffed owl as the figurehead, and a stuffed animal crew. Hey, look! It's time for the race! Skipper explains, "Whoever wins gets two bags of candied chestnuts. On yer mark, get set, ready, go!!"
I look around. There are five boatds in all, including mine! I start to flap my wings, making a wind that goes into the sail and pushes my boat fowards. Faster and faster I go. Soon I pass all the other boats. Hey! I've won the race! I get two bags of candied chestnuts, and I take them up to the Dibbun Dorm where I hide them.
Mission 82: Steal more pies than your opponent
Griffin sneered at the vole dibbun, "I'll easily steal more pies than you!" The Vole lauged, "A great hulkin' Badger like you! Har! Likely story!" Griffin glared at the Vole menacingly then strode off towards the kitchen. To his delight, there were ten pies on a cooling tray on the windowsill. Griffin looked up at them happily, reaching up and grabbing the tray. Just then, a fat mouse peeked over and glared at Griffin, "Hey, put those back!" Griffin ran as fast as his legs could carry him to his secret den. Scrambling under a bush he laid the tray down, "Hah! That silly Vole will be surprised when he sees this!" Griffin chortled to himslef. Then he peeked out of the bush to make sure no one was watching and ran off to find more pies. By the end of the day, Griffin had thirty-four pies. The Vole came towards Griffin with a large sack, "Hiya, loser!" the Vole cackled. "You're the loser, matey!" Griffin replied. They counted their pies. Griffin, as already stated, had thirty-four pies. The Vole emptied his sack, and said happily, "I've got thirty three pies!" Griffin smiled, "I win!"
THE END
Mission 32: Escape from vermin
Thistle stomped huffily away from the Abbey. She was amd at Mother Mellus for not letting her stay up late, so she ran away because when you're on your own, you can have any bedtime you want! Unfortunately, in her haste, she had forgotten to bring any sort of food or shelter! When she realized this, Thistle went off into the woods to look for berries. Just her luck! There was a blueberry bush right there! The baby mousemaid ran over and started stuffing the scrumptious blue berries in her mouth. Thistle then heard a noise from the other side of the bush. Peeking cautiously over, she saw a vermin gang on the other side of the bush! There were weasels, ferrets, stoats, rats, and even a fox or two! Thistle gasped audibly, and they looked over her way. "Now ain't dat the purty liddle mouseymai. Come on, let's get 'er!" a stoat cried. Thistle started running as hard as she could (which isn't that fast), but those ucky vermin were gaining on her. Then she bumped into something. Thinking it was another vermin, she started yelling. "I don' cawr 'ow many yous are, I'll fight ya!" She felt a soft paw touch her head. "O' course matey, wotever you say!" She looked up, and there was Skipper! "Now, matey, my gang took care o' those nasty vermin. I'm takin' you back to the Abbey for a bath! Look how messy you are!" Thistle sighed unhappily. Out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
Mission 19: Bad ferrets at the Abbey
Thistle was playing on the wall top with Rosie Speedpaw, even though they weren't supposed to be there. Fosie had a great idea. "We c'n dump mista Spike's bally barrels out on da jolly ol' bakklements! Den ennybeast oo comes up 'ere will hafta jolly well slip, wot!"
"Wotta gweat idea, Wosie!" Thistle giggled. The little haremaid ran down to the grounds.
"Make sure that not bally beastie gets up here, wot! We don' wanna 'ave our jolly ol' trick spoiled, wot!" she called out to the baby mousemaid.
Thistle's purple eyes could make out a dark shape coming closer to the abbey. She watched as it loomed large and larger, and then became a band of big bad ferrets. "'Ello there, liddle mouseymaid," one grinned at her. Thistle was not at the point of trusting them, since her last adventure dealing with vermin ended up with soapy bubbles up her nose.
"Go 'way, nasty mean smelly stinky poopyfaced verminy slime," she shouted down at them.
"Jus' let us inta the abbey, ya liddle brat, or we'll slit yer gizzard when we do get in," another one growled. Thistle had no idea what a gizzard even was, but she could understand brat. "Nevaaaaaaaaa!" she shouted loud and long.
"FISSLE!!!" Rosie screamed, but the barrel was already falling down, down, down...onto the bad ferret leader's head! It sprayed cordial all over, and made the ferrets run away!
"Well, dat wuz fun," remarked Thistle casually.
"Yep!"
Mission 4: Run away from Abbey to Mossflower
When I was playing with my cousin Thistle, we ACCIDENTALLY knocked over a favorite rose glass figurine of Sister Annaliese's. She came into the room when she heard the crash, and Annaliese started to yell at us.
"You always ruin my stuff!" she WAILED. Annanliese was not that nice to us Dibbuns. In fact, we had never ruined anything of the Sister's, except for of course when we knocked over a candle into a kerchief that she had gotten from the Abbess herself. And the time we ruined her bed by jumping on it, and...okay, so we DID ruin lots of her stuff, but that's not the point. We hadn't ruined anything in the past 4 DAYS!!!!
"We didn' wuin anyfink since fowr dayses! We norra wanna get pun'shed!!" Thistle yelled.
"I don't care!! Thistle, go to the kitchen and wash dishes, and as for YOU, Mirabel..."
I ran screaming at the top of my lunbs, "I'll NEBR git punicthed!" I went into my dormitory room and slammed the door as HARD as I possibly could. I crammed all my stuff into a little knapsack and ran out he Abbey gates. I ran far into Mossflowerwoods and found a suitable resting place. I sat down and thought about how mad everyone was going to be at me. I relished the thought of everyone being sooo worried about me! I decided that tommorrow I would go back... but not until tomorrow! I ate a piece of cheese taht I had snuck up to my room a couple of weeks ago. It tasted like that old stuff that the Abbess eats. I think it's called hundred year blue cheese. I guess that that is why my cheese had blue stuff in it. I grabbed my blanket and sat on it. I was determined not to fall asleep. As the night went on, I started to get a little drowsy and my eyes got heavier and heavier and I lay down and closed my eyes, and before I knew it I had falled asleep.
The next morning I awoke in my dormitory bed. I looked around and saw that everything was as it normally would be. I sighed heavily and knew that my parents had started a search party and they had found me. The only thing was that I had not woken up through the whole thing.
Mission 23: Put out fires
The first blazing piece of canvas streaked down into the abbey walls. A second and a third came hurtling after it. The picnic, of course, was canceled due to this unexpected vermin attack. "Come here, Dibbuns! Let's get you to Cavern Hole now. COME ON!" Mother Mellus called to the little ones playing on the grass. A young mousemaid puted. "I don wanna. Wanna elp!!!" "No, Thistle, now hurry!" The big badger scooped up the little mousemaid and took all of the Dibbuns to Cavern Hole. From inside, Thistle watched everyone put out the fires. She was determined to help! So Thistle ran up the stairs and confronted Mother Mellus. "I weft somefink ousside. Cn I go n get it, PWEESE?" The badger shook her head. The baby mousemaid was not defeated yet, though! "Miwabel, yous be a 'straction, while I sneeks oway to ousside!!" Thistle whispered to her cousin, Mirabel. Mirabel trotted up to Mother Mellus and started bawling. The kind badger lady sat down with her and asked what was wrong. While they were preoccupied, Thistle escaped! Grabbing her little pail that she used on seaside trips, Thistle tortted outside to the Abbey Pond. She dunked the pail in the water, and ran to the nearest fire. WHOOSH! The fire subsided a little, but not all the way. Thistle had to make two more tirps before it was wholly out. Suddenly, she felt two big paws grab her. She knew who it was without even looking back. "Hewwo, Skippa." "Wot's me matey Thistle doin' 'ere? Ah, no matter. Come wid me, you can ride on my shoulders while I help the bigbeasts!" Skipper helped Thistle onto his back, and they both put out fires together (well, actually Skipper did it all alone cuz it was too dangerous for Thistle).
Mission 24:
You take some strawberries and their roots and whack the starlings. that doesn't work, then use your tiny claws to scratch them, make hideous faces and scare them, or wrestle them.
Mission 18:
You take some seawater and splash into somebeast's eyes, then throw sand in their eyes, and put some fish on them.
