He reached the little mound of leaves and pushed his shiny, wet nose right into the middle of the pile. 2
Nothing happened, not a stir ... Corky moved the brown leaves to the side with his front, right foot, still nothing! 'Well, I never, all that hurry and scurry for nothing' Corky gave a sigh and went to turn away very, very disappointed. 3
All of a sudden, there was movement amongst the pile of leaves. Corky stood very still, his shiny, wet nose twitching in the air, thinking he must have imagined it, he turned and began to walk away.4
'Hello there, you woke me up' said a drowsy voice coming from the middle of the old, mouldy pile of leaves. 'I hope you are not going to leave me without saying hello, are you?"5
'I was looking for something to eat' said Corky Hedgehog, as he looked in surprise at a very scruffy Moogle (a Moogle is a small, furry animal that looks very much like a rabbit with small ears and very, very large, round, brown eyes) 'I have not eaten for two days, I am so hungry,' said Corky Hedgehog, 'I thought this pile of leaves would be sure to have some tasty morsel to eat hidden in the middle.'6
'You won't find anything here' said the Moogle, "I ate the last of the acorns the Squirrel hid here for the winter well before I had finished the last of my own food, now, since you have woken me early from my sleep, I shall come with you and together, perhaps we shall be able to find something we can share, I too, am very hungry, my tummy is rumbling like a steam train going along old, rickety rail tracks.'7
Corky gave this much thought, 'that's not a bad idea' said Corky, thinking that two heads are better than one when trying to find a meal that would be good enough to eat.8
So off they went together, Corky the Hedgehog and the Moogle (he didn't have a name, he was just a Moogle) they left the mouldy pile of leaves in the middle of the wood and ambled down the narrow path toward the little well at the far end.9
As they came to the old stone wall of the ivy covered well, they could hear a faint voice, at least the Moogle said he could hear it!10
'Helpppppppppp meeeeeee' said a distant voice.11
'What on earth is that?' said Corky Hedgehog in surprise. 12
'Get me out of here please' said a squeeky voice.13
The Moogle stood up close to the well and looked over the side. 'Oh my goodness' said the Moogle, "how on earth did you come to be down there, and what is that you have with you.?"14
The squeeky voice answered, 'I was on my way to a party on the other side of the wood when I saw this well, I was so very thirsty so thought it would be a good idea to have a nice long, cool drink of well water'15
Corky's ears pricked up at once, 'You were going to a party?" said Corky, his face smiling from ear to ear in the biggest grin the Moogle had ever seen.16
'Yes, that's what I said, if I can get out of here before dark that is' said the squeeky voice way down at the bottom of the well.17
'Hang on, we will pull you out' said the Moogle giving Corkey an impatient look. 'Come on Corky, you get behind me and we can pull together."18
So the Moogle and Corky pulled hard on the rope that was hanging down the well and before you could say 'Jack Robinson' there appeared over the side of the well, a wet, tired looking owl.19
'Why didn't you fly out?' said Corky, "Owls can fly can't they?"20
'Of course we can said the Owl, but as I fell in the well, I landed right at the bottom in the water, and EVERYONE KNOWS that Owls can't fly with wet wings!'21
Of course by this time, all corky could think about was the party the Owl had said he was going to, that would mean food and after all, he and the Moogle had saved the Owl from a terrible fate down the well, so he would be sure to ask them to go along to the party with him.22
Sure enough, as he shook his wet, bedraggled feathers to dry them, showering everything around him with cool well water, he asked Corky and the Moogle if they would like to go to the party with him.23
'Oh yes please' said Corky, 'We are both very hungry, we haven't eaten for a couple of days, and a party would be wonderful, wouldn't it?' he said looking sideways at the Moogle.24
'Yes, it would," said the Moogle licking his lips, his mouth watering at the thought of being able to share what the Owl had in the little basket he was carrying to the party.25
So, off they went, the Hedgehog, the Moogle and the Owl.26
They had a wonderful time together at the party, meeting others animals who lived in the little wood too. They all went home smiling, very tired and determined they would make sure they had enough food stored away for another winter so they wouldn't ever be hungry again.27
~Katie~
28Graphic Art.com29
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