Gardeners Rest #17 ( 2022)

[Snoop Puss]

Most of the Grapes continued to rummage through the stash of bottles, deciding which half-empty ones (or half-full ones if you were of a more positive outlook) were worth keeping and which ones needed throwing out. But Rary, somewhat surprisingly given his predilection for a little tipple (or a big one), looked at the bagpipes in amazement. 'Self-activating bagpipes?', he wondered. This was either a prank or a miracle. If a miracle and the bagpipes were tuneful (to the right ears), he could maybe sell them for a pretty penny. Better still, a pretty pound.

[Nicos]

Rary looked at Snoop…”OMG….she’s onto me!”….and quickly offered to make everyone a Horlicks. Well - after all is was bedtime.
Just a tipple of whisky with it he offered…whiskey for all non Scots….

[rary]

But no rary thought we are all Jock Tamson's bairns, I will give them a a good drink of whisky, then get them all singing, I will then be able to sneak out with the bagpipes, if they make any noise it will never be noticed, unless some one wonders who was singing in tune. So lifting a full bottle, he asked them all to bring their glasses over and

[Snoop Puss]

turned around, banging into the ladder that Nicos had put in place for decorating the tree. Crash went the ladder, straight onto the bagpipes.

[rary]

Who stood on the cats tail, asked greenishfing

[greenishfing]

......Before anyone could answer and before the bagpipes could wail again Rary grabbed hold of the step ladders, lifted them up, grabbed the bagpipes and attempted to play them.

The bagpipes however were really angry and attempted to wrap themselves around Rary's neck and strangle him.......

[Snoop Puss]

Now that is very definitely not right, thought mothhawk. 'I'll have a look at those', she said. And as she started to untangle them, they...

[Nicos]

…she discovered they hadn’t been trying to strangle Rary after all!…they’d been trying to massage his neck, but he wouldn’t keep still as he was very ticklish
Not often you see something like that is it?
”me next” called everyone in unison.After a hard growing year everyone had achy backs/ necks…..

[Snoop Puss]

'I can't manage all of you', came a voice from inside the bagpipes. There was a wriggling and a jiggling, a rustling and a shuffling and out popped...

[greenishfing]

A tartan centipede with miniscule "bovver" boots on each of it's 100 tiny appendages. .....obviously these would contribute to the questionable message experience it provided.......

[Nicos]

…message?…..oh yes, no wonder the massage felt strange…it was actually morse code!
He was a spy caterpillar, and very well equipped to tap it out !
... --- ... he cried realising he has been rumbled, he urgently had to get the message out to the other caterpillars that there was one of Snoop’s magnificent caulies in the kitchen ready for munching….

[greenishfing]

Snoop smiled an evil smile and grabbed her phone. "Calling Mother Goose. Bring your goslings over. Dinner will be on the table (cauliflower) shortly. Were getting a takeaway of caterpillars for you.".......

[Nicos]

Mmmm grinned NTG, licking his lips…he loved roast goose…..

[bramble]

But...Would his goose be cooked he wondered.
After all the strange goings on of the last few days...would he take the risk?

[Nicos]

Gently picking up a freshly baked gingerbread biscuit……