The Hedgerow Diaries

Good Afternoon,

The sun is shining and its a lovely day here. Some more of the book for you, please let me know what you think so far:

***“Ok! Ok! I’ll go, but, I’ll take Jack with me in case anything untoward has happened to her.”

“What do you mean? Do you know something we don’t?” asked Whitney.

“There are a lot of creatures that dwell underground in this area. I just hope she hasn’t encountered any of them. We will see, I will keep you, posted.”

Off Lilly flew, back to the fairies.

Back at the hedgerow she arrived with the terrible news. “Petal, Petunia, Daphne, Blossom, Jack quickly, we have a problem on our hands!”

Chapter Three

The Rescue

The fairies got together to discuss what Lilly had just told them. They were thinking all sorts of things!

Could it be a weasel that had Delia, or a rat maybe?  None of them dared to think that the goblins might have Delia. Not this close to the surface of the earth; they built their habitats far, far deeper.

“First, we need to go and investigate. Who wants to volunteer?” asked Jack.

“I’m still feeding the moles children at the moment so I can’t leave them” replied Daphne.

“I’ll go.” said Jack.

“I’ll go with you too.”  Blossom piped up.

“No “Lilly said, “You need to go over to the chickens and reassure them that things are in order. “I will go with Jack.”

Lilly and Jack flew off in apprehension of what they might find.

“This is just an investigation isn’t it?“  Jack asked Lilly

“Yes, you big softy, come on let’s go to where the chickens started to dig the tunnel, where Delia was last seen!” Lilly replied.

They found the entrance to the tunnel and flew gingerly down the hole,

“This is getting a bit deep!” Jack said, “Shall we go back? I can’t see Delia anywhere!”

“Keep going, keep going!” replied Lilly.

Neither of the fairies could see a thing; the hole was getting deeper and deeper.

“I think she lost her sense of direction didn’t she, she should have been going across not down!” muttered Jack.

“Stop!” whispered Lilly, “I can see a bit of light.”

“Go and see what it is then” said Jack. She peered into the lighted area and couldn’t believe her eyes. A full town appeared, and it was the GOBLINS.

“Go back, QUICKLY!” cried Lilly. “ The GOBLINS have got her!”

They made their way back up the hole, just before they reached the opening, Lilly said to Jack “Don’t tell the chickens anything about what we have just seen, we’ll go and have another look later OK.”

“Ok boss” said Jack, sarcastically.

 That's all for now folks.

Polly