"I had a lot of time to think down there in the dark," Worm struggled to come up with just the right words. "I have lived 11 winters, so I have seen a lot of things. I have seen crows eat my kind when they are hungry enough. I have even seen voles on the edge of starvation eating cardboard. I even had my tail chopped off by a shovel once, but I grew another one".
Robin, Vole, and Crow were totally engaged by Worm's little speech. Serveral times, Crow wanted to interrupt, but he held his beak. He wanted Worm to get to the point. Where was this speech leading? Why did Worm return to the surface, risking his life again?
Crow could have never guessed where this speech was leading. Of course, this did not slow down Crow's speculations one bit. Robin, was thinking how wonderful a worm would taste after all those sun seeds. Vole, a bit hard of hearing as well as somewhat blind, hung on every word Worm spoke.
What worm revealed next, changed four lives, forever!
(to be continued)
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