Caleb stwaitens up and stweatches. Pickin punkins ish hawrd work. Da field ish awmosht half done an da wagon nearly fwull. He wooks up at da sky. "Dawrk cwouds scurry by, a stwange glow behind dem. "I don't wike da wook uf dat," he meows to hisownself. He kwickly gets back to wurk. "I shure don't wanna lose dis cwop."


Jojo, offur at da candy shop, notisis da lite ish fading. "Paloma, wat time ish it?"
"It's two, Jojo. Why yu ask?"
"Yu not notist how dark it ish?" Jojo weplies.
Da two go to da winnow an look owt. "Wow," meows Jojo, "look at dose bwack cwouds. An wat dat stwange lite behind dem. Shure not wook wike da sun."
"I dunno," Paloma meows. "But I fink we shood finish up an get home. Der sumfing comin fur shure."

Timmy sits on da dock behind da bait an Tackle shop watchin da riffur. He neffur seen it sho choppy. Da water swirls awound da dock posts. He finks bout Caleb owt at da fawrm harvesting his pun" in cwop. Wit a nod, Timmy gets up an cwoses da store. Den he jumps into his pickumup and heads owt to da fawrm to giff Caleb a paw wit da punkins.

Pou an Maddy huwwy down Main Stweet. Dey weach da Tea Shoppe an wun in da door. "Simmi, Willow, ware ish yu?" Pou cawlls. Willow comes out da kitshun door. "Meows gwamma Pou. Hiya Maddy. Wat yu two up to?" Simmi fowwows Willow into da dining woom , wiping a floury paw on hur apwon. "Meows, guys."
"Oh my doodness, t yu gurls wooked owtside?" Maddy meows.
Dey go to da winnow jusht in time to see a gust uf wind gwab one uf da tabul umbwellas an toss it down da stweet.
"Yikes," Willow meows , rushin owtside to bwing in da tabuls an chairs befur dey can go fwying off too. Da uffurs kwickly fowwow to hewlp wit da wescue.
Once back inshide, Willow an Simmi kwickly shut efferyfing down and da four ladykits head fur home.

Owt at Catnip Fwarm, Vester heaves da bawrn door cwosed and fites da wind akwoss da yawrd to da back door. He huwwies inshide an twurns fur a minit to watch da tops uf da twees swaying in da wind an da leafs fwying akwoss da lawn. "Oreo, Oreo ware ish yu," he cawls worriedly. Oreo comes in fwum da liffing woom. "I wite here, deer, wats got yur furs awll in a tussul?"
"I jusht don't wike da wook uf da weafur. Da sky wooks stwange an eerie. Come on, wet's get da shutturs cwosed."
"Yesh, sownds wike a dood idee. It does wook furry stwange, dosen't it."
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Franci, Oreo, Caleb, Willow and Tita

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