Brenda Blue shook her head in dismay as she finished her examination.
"I'm afraid you have airplane flu Herky." she said sadly.
Poor Herky began coughing in response.
"You should get some sleep Herky." Brenda said, patting him gently
"Thanks Brenda." The helicopter yawned, and was soon fast asleep.
But whilst he was sleeping, he unknowingly began to shake and fuss again. He whimpered and puled as he allowed his systems to fight off the flu.
Jay Jay, Tracy and Snuffy felt a bit tired after their play, so when they heard that Herky was ill from Savannah, they decided to see him.
"Poor Herky!" Snuffy exclaimed when they saw him shaking in his sleep. We need to do something!"
"I know!" Tracy said. "We could sing him to sleep! I remember Savannah did that to me once when I was sick with fever.
"We could try it." said Snuffy.
"What shall we sing?" Tracy asked.
"I have a song we could sing!" Jay Jay exclaimed. "Just follow my lead."
Jay Jay soon began to sing a quiet gentle song.
"Little plane flying over the stars
Collecting stardust to deliver to the Sandman
Flying past the moon shining bright
She smiles and urges you to fly on even when the going gets rough."
The other two joined in at the beginning of the third line and they all sang gently.
Once that was done, they got Barton to fit Herky's gum shield in place.
"Poor Herky," He said "I hope he feels better soon."
"He will." Tracy replied confidently.
Next morning, when Herky awoke, he was still sick- but he felt a bit better than he had the day before.