Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears by Perdita Finn

Author:Perdita Finn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

The Unusual Suspects

Back at the cottage, Rosabella described a well-thought-out plan using Baby Bear’s map. “All right, team! We have four hours until sunset, so there’s a lot of ground to cover in fairy little time. Three Bears: You should go to the North Forest and the caves, since you know those places best. Cedar and I will go talk to the foxes, rabbits, and woodpeckers. If anyone finds any leads, we can share them when we meet back here.” Rosabella took a second to catch her breath. “Okay, break!” The Three Bears and the girls high-fived and went off into separate parts of the forest.

Rosabella and Cedar followed a long path along the side of a brook, on their way to check on some nearby fox dens. Rosabella was enjoying the sound of water rushing along the brook when suddenly they heard a big ruckus of squeaks.

“Stop stomping on our dens!”

“Leave our burrows alone!”

“You’re the ones who are blowing down our homes!”

The rabbits were chittering at the foxes. The foxes were growling at the rabbits!

“You’re sly foxes!” yipped a furious rabbit, thumping his hind legs angrily.

“It’s you carrot-eaters who are ruining things!” sniffed a fox, glaring at them all.

Rosabella and Cedar had walked straight into a big argument between the rabbits and the foxes! Each group thought the other one was knocking over their homes, and neither would believe the other was innocent.

“Stop!” ordered Rosabella. This was just terrible! Everybody was blaming everybody else and nobody was listening. Houses could be repaired, but repairing friendships was often more challenging. “Now, listen here! I know that foxes and rabbits don’t always get along, but everyone shares this forest, and it’s just not right to blame one another without knowing the whole story. We’re all worried about the forest, but we can make it better if we work together!”

The rabbits hung their heads, ashamed. The foxes frowned at their paws.

A rabbit with soft brown fur spoke up at last. “The foxes are always causing trouble for us. It must be them!”

“No fair!” A fox twitched his nose indignantly. “Just because we like to play doesn’t mean we’d ever damage anybody’s home! It’s the rabbits who are always hopping without looking!”

“It wasn’t us!” protested the littlest rabbit.

“Of course not,” said Rosabella, giving the little rabbit a pat. “I don’t think any of you would harm anybody else’s home. I think, deep down, you all know that, too.” She could see each animal’s true character, and she knew that no one was at fault. But how could she persuade them to stop fighting?

“If we give everyone a chance to speak, maybe we’ll learn something,” she suggested.

“And remember: Honesty is always the best policy,” Cedar told the animals cheerfully.

A rabbit cleared her throat. “We were playing all morning with the chipmunks, and when we got home, our dens were destroyed. Someone had stomped on them! The foxes must’ve—”

“Now, little rabbit. Stick to the facts,” said Rosabella sternly.

But before the rabbit could continue, a family of crickets entered the glen.

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