Herky arrived at Farmer Ben's farm exactly on time. He was delivering apples for Farmer Ben's horses for feeding them, as they had enough of carrots at this point! Soon, Herky's delivery was unloaded and the apples were carted away by the farmhands.
"Thank you, Herky. My horses will get fed a feast of change thanks to you!" Farmer Ben laughed.
"You're welcome, Farmer Ben. Now, if you don't mind, I better get back to Tarrytown." Herky said, preparing for take-off.
"Of course hard work to do and all that, eh?" Farmer Ben said, a warm smile gracing his features.
"Yeah," agreed Herky, smiling.
"Well thank you again!" Farmer Ben waved goodbye to Herky as he took off for Tarrytown.
He was halfway back when he heard his radio go off. "Herky where are you?" Brenda Blue's voice crackled.
"I'm about halfway back to Tarrytown- why?" Herky asked curiously.
"Be home as soon as possible- we have a surprise for you!" Brenda's voice went dead over the communication transmitters.
"Odd," muttered Herky. "It's not even my 'birth'day. What is going on?"
…
Herky could not believe his eyes. He had just gone into his hanger to rest, and now he was seeing this- his hanger was huge! Or at least, it was a lot bigger than it was before he left.
"What… what happened?" He asked, shocked.
"You got a newer, bigger hanger!" Brenda explained, beaming.
"Yeah do you like it?" His friends asked.
"Well I don't know. It's too… big, and wide."
The others were dismayed. "But Herky," said Tracy "we thought you'd like a newer hanger. You seemed so cramped in your old one."
"So? Biggerrr doesn't always mean betterrr." Herky huffed.
…
Herky hated his new hanger. It was very spacious and, he had to admit, a lot easier to move around in- but he didn't know what to do with the new space he had.
He tried to move and spread himself out, but that wasn't very comfortable. He tried to find some things to use to fill up the hanger- but he got into trouble.
...
Only the other day, Old Oscar had been sent in due to a faulty jet. Brenda had been hard at work trying to mend him, but he hadn't gotten any better.
So, there had been no choice but to order a new jet. It was now sitting in the workshop waiting to be fitted. Old Oscar was asleep and Brenda was away sorting things with Mr E.Z concerning the elderly jet plane.
So, Herky snuck in. He was attached to the crate. He attempted to fly off…And the cable snapped loudly.
Old Oscar stirred and grunted. Frightened, Herky flew off before anyone noticed what he was doing.
'Oh, it's no use.' He thought, sadly. 'I'll never get used to my new hanger.'
Suddenly, he heard very loud laughter. "Huh? It sounded like Tracy and Snuffy!" He realised to himself.
He peeked out cautiously. Jay Jay was just finishing a funny story he was telling them, and the other two were laughing.
But what surprised Herky was that they were much closer than usual!
"Oh, hey Herky," Said Tracy suddenly, on seeing him peeking out from his hanger.
The others were immediately silenced. It was awkward simply being there. Finally, after a period of silence of silence, Jay Jay spoke.
"Listen, Herky, we're sorry if you don't like your hanger."
Herky thought a moment. "It's the fact that it's too big." He admitted "I don't like having so much space. It feels so…unnatural."
"But Herky we did that, so that you would have more room to live in," Said Tracy, disappointment evident in her tone.
"Yes and we thought that you'd like being nearer us," Added Jay Jay. "But I guess we were wrong."
"No you're not." Herky replied, a smile breaking out. "I never thought that I would get a hanger close to you guys! Now I can feel more involved in conversations!"
"Yes so does that mean you-?"
"I'll get used to it." Herky grinned. "If it means I can be with you guys more."
