I woke up to see Meemaw tapping my nose "Winston!" she shouted, "What what what?" I asked raising my head, no surprise, she got inside the doghouse, "Peppermint, Zay and Meep are gone! all gone!" she shouted "what?! why?!" I shouted my eyes wider than ever, "I found this note in the coop" Meemaw said holding up a big sticky note
we went into the forest
Luv us
I felt a shock of memory as I remembered what Zay said last night, "oh no oh no! I need one of their scents, and no scents are shedded on this surprisingly" I said, "probably used something to hide their feathers from" Meemaw said "but.. I know a guy" she said quietly, she grabbed my paw and ran to the garden
she stopped infront of a small pile of dirt, the size of an average scoop of icecream "SKIN!" she shouted, out popped a white rat with red eyes, and a skinned scar on his back "oh hiya chicken mom, and who is this?" asked the rat "this is Winston the therapy dog" she said "oh, I will call you therapy dog" chuckled the rat, "I'm Skin L. RatTail, your local trading partner" the rat said "why do you live underground?" I asked tilting my head "well, too hide from, Diva" squeaked the rat "Diva?" I asked turning to Meemaw "uh well.. Diva is a feisty little uh.. cardinal, and she one time err.. attacked Skin and he got is name Skin" she said, "okay.." I said "Well what are we getting from him to help us find the chicks?" I asked "simple, the spoon" she said "oh yes, well I already licked the tomato sauce off it, but its a inside item so, pay me.. aaaaaa hmm.. a strand of squrriel hair" said Skin "why?" me and Meemaw asked, "Well I wanna be the first rat to make a small wig, and I want the color brown! and also can the hair-'' "FUR" Meemaw cut in "oh sorry, uh fur from Ezran?" asked Skin "fine" we both said and walked up to the giant tree in the backyard
there at the top stood the most shy squrriel, it would take a miracle to get him down, but, he did have a very good brown coat, it was a light color of the wooden floors in the house, "yo Ezran!" I shouted "what uh hi hi hi!" he choked out looking down "get down here before I get up there!" yelled Meemaw "O-o-o-o-o-o-okay" he managed to choke out and climbed down, I quickly jumped out at him grabbing a strand of fur from his tail, ''OWWIE!" he shouted and jolted back up the tree and hid behind a few leaves, "perfect!" Meemaw grinned and we rushed over to Skin
"great this is perfect!" he said and went back in the hole, he came back out holding a spoon covered in some dirt, I sniffed the spoon and got a very light scent of candy mixed with a super light scent of wet dog, I kept sniffing, and a very light scent of dirt mixed with pine mixed with the new house smell, and I finally got a great scent of candy, and began following the trail