A Story By Liam
31 December 1969
Liam
Friends Never Eat Friends
Kibble and Bebby, are small mice. They are neighbours and they scurry to each other's houses. About every hour, when they are hungry, they run out their back doors to grab some grass to eat. If they stay out too long, Silverwing the evil hawk, will swoop down and pick them up to make filets out of them. Kibble and Bebby, don't like not being safe outside. Before they go out, they have to look up through a glass domed window to see if the hawk is there. If he isn't there, they get their camouflaged umbrellas. These umbrellas, that they designed themselves, have grass growing on top of them. Kibble and Bebby want to get rid of evil Silverwing, so they go to Badger the Wise for help. There is a secret dirt coloured door in the floor of both of their houses. They connect to Badger's house through a tunnel that is shaped like a 'Y'. The two friends ask Badger what to do about the hawk. Badger suggests that they dig a hole the size of hawk's body so that he can't spread his wings to fly out. He then says to put sticks across this hole sideways and then stick grass pointing up so the hawk will land on the hole and fall into the trap. Kibble and Bebby, thank Badger, and tell him how much they appreciate this. Then they go back to their houses and do what Badger suggested. Bebby and Kibble try his idea and they catch Silverwing. Silverwing, really wants to be let out, so Bebby and Kibble make a deal with him. If he promises not to eat them, they will let him out. Silverwing, being an honest bird, agrees. Kibble and Bebby, say that they will capture him again and not let him out, if he tries to eat them. Silverwing builds a nest between their houses and they become really good friends.
The moral of the story is: Friends never eat friends!
By: Liam