Gus and Trudy took a break today from looking for the mysterious gnome. Early in the morning they heard Elaine in the garden and she was loudly yelling.
They heard her say something about plants and then a big screech and something about squirrels. And a couple of words that Trudy did not understand but Gus said he had heard the trolls that lived in the sewers say. He told Trudy that those words should not be repeated in pleasant society.
Gus and Trudy rushed out of their house in the orderly garden and saw complete chaos. Some basil, strawberries, tomato and other plants had been dug into by the horrible squirrels! Elaine looked sad and mad at the same time.
Elaine muttered something about finding something to get rid of the squirrels and stomped off, huffing and puffing.
Gus ran around the garden trying to set the plants back to rights. He saw a few squirrels watching him and chattring away.
"You better watch yourselves, she's pretty mad and I don't know what she will do."
The squirrels just laughed and ran away.
Trudy said she was going to try to get a few owl friends to patrol the garden at night. Gus thought he would take a nap so he could sit up on the porch and shoot the squirrels with a water gun if they went near the plants. Ekaine had gotten into her car and driven away to find someone to help her "get rid of the devils".
Maybe the mysterious gnome will also help Gus and Trudy?
Or will he help the squirrels?
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