Snuffy the green skywriter enjoyed listening to Herky's snoring. It soothes him and makes him warm and comfy as he's dropping off to sleep. Herky had his gum shield on, all the time, but even so, his snoring came out quieter and less likely to cause offence.
One night however, Herky wasn't in the hanger. He was confused.
"Where's Herky?" He inquired
"Didn't he tell you?" asked Jay Jay "He's at Farmer Ben's farm making a delivery. His cows are sick, and he's bringing their medicine to help them get better."
"Oh, he never told me." Replied Snuffy.
"He must have just forgotten by accident." Tracy said sensibly "he told me."
"And me!" added Jay Jay.
It was with that in mind that Snuffy had to retire for the night.
He couldn't sleep though.
He wished that Herky was in the hanger too, so that he could sleep.
But he wouldn't be back until morning. Brenda Blue had told him earlier when he asked when his friend would come back.
So the poor little green plane was kept up all night with no means of getting to sleep.
...
The next morning was horrendous Snuffy's eyes felt like they had been glued together poorly as they refused to stay shut, but wouldn't open wide either.
He was yawning a lot too.
"Gosh Snuffy, you look terrible!" Exclaimed Jay Jay "What's wrong?"
"I... Couldn't ...sleep las...t night at all." Yawned his friend.
"Why?"
"I like listening to Herky's snoring. It makes me feel better that he's nearby." Snuffy explained stifling his yawns.
"Hm, well Snuffy, if you can't sleep you can't always rely on Herky. He's got another delivery tonight, but I'm sure someone else can help you. I know, why don't you ask Big Jake? He helped me with that when I first came here. You could do it tonight."
"I suppose I could." Replied Snuffy, still yawning.
So they went and asked. Big Jake was more than happy to help Snuffy.
Later at night, Snuffy taxied up alongside Big Jake in the hanger.
"You okay kid?" Big Jake asked him.
"Yeah thanks Big Jake. Thank you for doing this." Snuffy replied.
"You're welcome. Goodnight Snuffy."
"Goodnight Big Jake."
So Snuffy learned that sometimes if you can't sleep then you can always rely on the fact that someone else will help him.
