The sun was shining at Tarrytown Airport. Herky stirred and stretched. He was ready to start the day as usual.

Ahead, he saw Tracy, Jay Jay and Snuffy talking amongst themselves. As he got closer he heard that their usual colloquial conversation take on a stiff tone, accented by loud strenuous yawning.

"Something has to be done." Moaned Tracy. "I am so tired."

"Yes, I agree-on both counts." Added Jay Jay "We should tell Brenda later."

Herky just shrugged and set off to Farmer Ben's farm. He had some crops to take to market, as Ben hadn't a working car, didn't own a van and hated using his tractor outside the farm boundaries. He didn't pay further heed.

…

But the others did, as well as a visit to the Tarrytown Airport mechanic.

"Well you guys should tell Herky that he's still snoring. Its kinder to you and kinder to him. So, I suggest that you speak to him about this." Brenda Blue said firmly. "Besides, I thought his snoring was fixed?"

"Hm, that is a bit strange." Jay Jay agreed.

"Come on, we better go and talk to him." Decided Tracy.

But Jay Jay wondered why his friend was snoring still. He and Brenda had fixed the problem some time before and it was all fine. So why was this happening again? Only this time of course, Snuffy and Tracy were on the receiving end.

"Jay Jay?"

"Yes Brenda?"

"Let me know if you guys need any more help okay?"

"Okay thanks, Brenda." Jay set off to leave.

"No problem, Jay Jay." Replied Brenda, watching him disappear to find Snuffy and Tracy.

…

Inside Herky's hanger, the trio were searching for clues that could lead them to the reason why Herky was snoring.

"Hm Well he has his gum shield so maybe it's to do with that." suggested Tracy.

"To be honest, I think that the size of the hanger must be to do with it." Snuffy suggested meekly.

"Tracy, I'm going with Snuffy on this one. Herky wears his gum shield all the time." Defended Jay Jay.

"Well I think it's a problem with the gum shield." Tracy insisted.

"I say it's the size!"

"Gum shield!"

"Size!"

"Gum shield!"

"Size!"

Poor Snuffy felt unsure of what to do. He started to make his way to the door to find Savannah to calm the argument- but to his horror, he found Herky staring back at him.

They had been found out.

…

Soon after a discussion and several apologies made, Herky demanded an explanation.

"Well the truth is; we were kept awake by your snoring last night." Tracy explained.

"So we thought we'd help." Added Snuffy.

"By coming in here? " Herky felt hurt.

"Well yeah, but now I can see why it looks bad." Sorry Herky." The others followed suit.

Herky was silent.

"Alright. I didn't want to admit in case you laughed at me, but I'll say it now; I broke my gum shield yesterday."

"And you never told Brenda or us about it?" Tracy asked.

"Yeah, pretty much. I'm sorry." Herky said.

"We are too." Conceded the others.

"So shall we see Brenda and fix this problem?"

This was agreed upon.

…

Brenda promised to sort Herky's gum shield as soon as the problem was explained. She also had something else to tell them.

"Tracy you may have been right with the gum shield problem but the boys were right too."

"How?" They asked.

"Well, sound travels in waves that we can't see. If you're indoors, the waves bounce off walls and bounce around the room. That's called an echo."

"Oh." They all said.

"So Herky's snoring was echoing round his hanger causing all the noise that disturbed you three from your sleep. But we can fix that too."

Everyone thought this sounded like a grand idea!