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| Friends of Moo Moo, book four | |
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In memory of JNY April 15, 1978 - June 7, 2004 "ADORE" Please contribute to cancer research in your country.
Preamble
Long time ago all the fleas were bad. Evil biting fleas! Anytime anyone came near they would hop and bite, hop and bite, until finally no more animals would visit the fleas and they grew hungry and sad. 
One day Moo Moo wandered into Flealand and all the fleas hopped on Moo Moo and bit and bit! Moo Moo cried and the evil fleas taunted her and told her to run away just like everyone else. But Moo Moo said, “If I run away, all the little fleas will starve, so I will stay.” All the fleas felt terrible and cried and cried and promised never to bite anyone again. “But you will all starve,” said Moo Moo. “Then we will just have to starve,” they said. “But please stay with us, Moo Moo.” So Moo Moo promised she would. Then the fleas saw Moo Moo eating, and they said, “What are you eating, Moo Moo?” “I am eating grass and vegetables,” Moo Moo said. “Would you like some?” So the fleas tried some and they liked it and especially carrots and they were never hungry again and all the other animals came back and were great friends with the good fleas and everyone liked the flea people from then on.
Moo Moo and the Great Oak
All around Flealand were rich green forests. Their mighty trees gave shelter and shade, wood and food. All the animals depended on the trees, but no one more than the squirrels. The squirrels used the trees for food, and they built their homes in the trees. The squirrels were very good at making decorations out of wood, that all the other animals prized. The squirrels would trade the things they got and made from the trees to the bees for their sweet honey. They would also trade with the fleas, because all the squirrels loved the things Fleanna baked, and the flea farmers grew, and the milk that Moo Moo gave. Some squirrels were grey and some squirrels were red, and over time, they began to live apart. One day, some animals were exploring the forest, and they came to the biggest oak tree in the whole world! “Won’t the squirrels be happy to hear about this,” they said to one another, and they hurried home to tell their friends the squirrels about the Great Oak! Now Great Red was the leader of the red squirrels. He said to his people, “We must have the Great Oak for our very own. The acorns will make us strong, and we will have more food to trade with the other animals!” But the grey squirrels also had a leader, and her name was Great Shadow. Great Shadow also wanted the giant oak for her squirrels. “It must be ours!” she said. All the squirrels rushed into the forest. They all met at the Great Oak at the same time. “Go away, Great Red,” said Great Shadow. “The Great Oak belongs to grey squirrels.” “No,” said Great Red. “To red squirrels! So you go away!” And all the squirrels began to quarrel. Some of them even started to fight and bite! Now they all made such a ruckus that the other animals heard, and came to find out what was the matter. “Why are you fighting?” asked Pookie, the skunk. “Because we must decide who the Great Oak belongs to,” the squirrels said. “Red squirrels or grey.” Now it seemed to Pookie that the Great Oak belonged to everyone, not just the squirrels, and even less just red squirrels or grey squirrels. But he did not want to make things worse, and so he said, “Why don’t you just share the Great Oak?” “But how would we know,” asked Great Shadow, “if the red squirrels were being fair?” Great Red nodded. “We do not trust the grey squirrels. So we cannot share. And so we must fight.” Crafty the fox was sitting near Pookie, and he said, “Well, everyone knows that Moo Moo is the wisest animal, and fairest animal. Instead of hurting each other, why don’t you ask Moo Moo to decide?” All the squirrels knew that Crafty was right, and that Moo Moo was the wisest and fairest. “Very well,” said Great Shadow. “We grey squirrels will abide by Moo Moo’s decision.” Great Red said, “And so will we red squirrels.” And so all the squirrels and other animals traveled to Flea Town, where Moo Moo lived with all her little fleas. Moo Moo was eating grass when she saw them all approaching. “Look at all our friends coming to visit,” she smiled, and the fleas hurried to greet the other animals. But then the animals told Moo Moo what the trouble was. “Please, Moo Moo,” said the squirrels. “Tell us what to do, and we will do it. Red squirrels or grey squirrels. You must decide.” Moo Moo was very troubled by this. But because her friends had asked for her help, she had no choice. “Yes, little squirrels. I will do what you ask. But I must think, and think hard. May I give you my answer in the morning?” The squirrels agreed that that would be fine. They called a truce, and all that evening, the squirrels and fleas and all the other animals ate Fleanna’s cookies, and sang songs, and told stories. All except for Moo Moo. She went in her barn, and lay down in the straw to think. She knew that it would not be fair for just some of the squirrels to have the tree, and not the others. But how could she get all the squirrels to see that? She thought and thought, but could not come up with a solution. When she heard the other animals saying good night, she knew she did not have long to make up her mind. She decided to go to the stream for a drink. As she dipper her tongue to the cool water, she looked around her. And suddenly, Moo Moo had an idea. It was the answer! She smiled. Now she knew what to tell the squirrels. She went back to her barn and slept soundly. In the morning, Heavy, the biggest flea, hopped into Moo Moo’s barn. “Wake up, Moo Moo,” he said. “Fleanna is making breakfast.” “Good morning, Heavy,” said Moo Moo. “Do you have an answer for the squirrels, Moo Moo?” asked Heavy. Moo Moo smiled. “Yes, I do. Come, Heavy, climb up on my back, and we will go tell them.” And so Heavy and Moo Moo came out of the barn, and the squirrels were waiting. “Well, Moo Moo, what have you decided?” asked Great Shadow. Now Moo Moo smiled. She had a clever idea, but she had to make believe it was a different idea. “I think that the strongest squirrels should have the Great Oak,” said Moo Moo. “And so, all the little squirrels will have a water balloon fight down by the stream.” All the squirrels laughed. “That sounds like fun,” said Great Red. “Alright, then. We agree.” Great Shadow giggled. She said, “That does sound fun. We agree too.” “Wonderful,” said Moo Moo. Her plan was working! “Come with me,” she said, and led all the animals down to the stream. All of them busied themselves making huge piles of water balloons for the squirrels. “Now then,” said Moo Moo, “climb down into the bank. The first team to chase the other team out wins.” And so the squirrels jumped down into the muddy bank beside the stream, and when Heavy blew the whistle, the water balloon battle began! Most of the time the squirrels missed each other. But sometimes they would be hit, and fall in a splash into the mud. Other times, they slipped running around, or bumped into one another. Soon they were all covered in mud, and something strange happened. The battle stopped. The squirrels would look around, but could not tell red from grey! They were all covered with mud! Great Red laughed, “It looks as though we were all on the same team!” “Yes,” said Moo Moo. “It does, doesn’t it?” 
And suddenly, all the animals understood Moo Moo’s plan, and the squirrels did too! For if they could not tell red from grey, then perhaps it did not really matter at all. Great Shadow said, “I am sorry, Great Red. It was foolish of us to think that you were so different we could not share the Great Oak.” “I feel foolish too,” said Great Red. “The Great Oak should be for all the squirrels together.” And all the animals cheered, and jumped in too, and had such fun splashing each other with water balloons that soon they were all covered with mud alike! When Great Shadow saw this, she said, “Great Red, everyone is the same now. Perhaps the Great Oak should be shared by everyone, not just the squirrels.” And Great Red saw that she was right. Moo Moo was very happy. All the animals gathered at the Great Oak, and that night, they had an even bigger and better festival than the night before! They all ate and sang together, and everyone remarked how very clever their sweet Moo Moo was. Not long afterwards, Great Red and Great Shadow got married. All their little children had brown fur, a little bit like the mud. And everyone was reminded of the happy day Moo Moo helped solve the problem of the Great Oak. 
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