Gus and Trudy Spend Some Time with the Baker

Even though Gus and Trudy were anxious to find out who the hanging gnome was they planned to spend the day with their friend the Baker.

The Baker was an old old friend of Gus' family. He very much enjoyed when Gus and Trudy came to spend time with him. The Baker would, well, bake. Gus would wrap up the packages to be delivered. Trudy would fly around and deliver the packages. When the day was done and all the packages had been delivered and the Bakery had been cleaned up then the real fun would begin.

The Baker would have special packages that he had made up for Gus and Trudy to bring home. They would be wraped up in pretty paper with oak leaves for bows. He would put them by the door for Gus and Trudy to bring home. But that wasn't the best part!

Besides being an excellent baker, the Baker was also a wonderful and gifted story teller. Gus and Trudy would make some cocoa and the Baker would bring out some cookies. Then for the next two hours while Gus and Trudy ate and drank to their hearts content, he would weave the most magical tales.

As the Baker talked, Gus and Trudy could just picture all the excitement and adventure in his tales. Then they very carefully piked up their packages, hugged the Baker and flew home to their little home in the orderly garden on Bloomfield Avenue.