Sky's Surprise by Catherine Coe

Author:Catherine Coe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

The sky had been blue and cloudless, but now rain clouds moved in. The next moment, rain began pattering down on the bunnies. They sped up to a run along Warren Street.

“But we absolutely cannot go home yet,” said Petal. She looked up to the gray, rainy sky, with the Luck Rainbow arcing through it. “Oh, it’s such bad luck for it to rain, when we have most important Operation Cheer Up Sky work to do!”

“You know the Weather Rabbit,” Diamond replied, twitching her pink nose to shake off the raindrops. “He likes to change the weather all of a sudden like that.”

As if to prove Diamond’s words, the mechanical silver rabbit popped out of the clock tower again. “Sunny, sunny sunshine!” he screeched. “Here comes the sun!”

The rain stopped immediately, and the gray clouds slid away to reveal a bright yellow sunshine in a pale blue sky.

Ruby clasped her red paws together. “So, back to business,” she said. “What can we do to persuade Mr. Nibble to let Sky be a Bouncer?”

“We could bring Mr. Nibble something he likes to eat?” Diamond suggested.

Ruby sniffed. “He likes eating everything though!” she said.

“Silkleaf!” Petal shouted. The bunnies nearby turned to look at her, and Petal lowered her voice. “I overheard Mr. Nibble talking to Mrs. Lop at school about desperately wanting some silkleaf, but he doesn’t have any time to go and pick it.”

“Then that’s totally what we can do!” Ruby did another jump-spin. “We can go and get some right now, and then take it to Mr. Nibble before school in the morning.”

The three friends hopped off Warren Street, heading for Basil Forest. They crossed the glossy stepping stones of Sparkle River and then scampered toward Pineapple Square. As they passed the clock tower, Diamond hoped more than anything that they’d be lucky and the Weather Rabbit wouldn’t pop out to change the weather to rain again.

They passed the end of Cucumber Row where the street bordered Paradise Beach, and ran across the golden sand alongside Mirror Lake. The turquoise lake water perfectly reflected the giant herbs of Basil Forest, which loomed up ahead of them. It was a beautiful mix of huge plants in every shade of green, orange, pink, and purple.

“Right, so the purple silkleaf is over by the mint on the east side of the forest,” said Ruby.

Petal raised her little pink eyebrows. “How do you know that?”

“My mom eats heaps of it,” Ruby explained. “She says it totally helps stop her fur going gray. She’s always sending me to get it.”

The bunnies started hopping through the forest, heading east. Wonderful herby aromas filled their nostrils as they passed rosemary, coriander, thyme, and parsley plants.

“Here we are!” announced Ruby when they reached a large patch of purple. The millions of heart-shaped silkleaves stretched far across the forest floor. They began picking the purple leaves, which were still wet from the rain.

Petal jumped as Diamond squealed and said, “My paws!”

“Whatever is it?” Petal asked, quickly hopping over to her friend.

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