Treeleaf
A tale of Redwall
At Redwall, Abbot Mordalfus was resting peacefully in the gatehouse, being tired after the Abbot's feast. He had forgotten he had promised the dibbuns a story after the feast. Of course, being dibbuns, they decided to go to him. He was startled when he woke to a group of dibbuns just sitting around him. Then he remembered. "Well, well. I promised you a story, didn't I? Well then listen closely. I will tell a tale of your grandmouse, Treeleaf," said the abbot to a now wide-eyed group of dibbuns.
Chapter 1
Out on the open sea, the ship Darkwake had just taken 50 more oar-slaves for the galleys. They were found upon a lost home-built raft that was practically destroyed. Those oar-slaves included a mouse named Treeleaf, who had promised herself to save all the oar-slaves. The next day, the oar- slaves were awoken by a bump that shook the entire ship. They had docked in at Death Island, the home of all the sea faring vermin. While the crew went to their huts, the captains had to report to Saucony, ruler of Death Castle, Death Island, and all of the ships crew and captains. Down at the ship that had taken Treeleaf, she had started to saw at the restraining ropes on her and her partner with a knife she had taken from a searat while he was walking by. But her rowing partner restrained her. Then she saw why. A pair of identical looking searats were slopping out gruel and water to the slaves, purposefully spilling it on the floor and making the slaves lick it up. After they left, she started to cut all of the ropes on her and all the other oar-slaves. Then they escaped. They broke into 5 groups, each group taking a ship and following behind the ship Treeleaf had taken. They told the oar-slaves that if they wanted to be free, then they should row for all they're worth. They sailed around to the back of the island, where they had gone to an underground system of passageways they had found with the escape of a few other oar slaves earlier that year. They then had taken and made the inside larger, making a huge cavern with kitchens and dormitories. When they got around the back, they cut the rest of the oar-slaves free and all went underground. The new 50 were introduced to each other, while being amazed at the size of the cavern. Treeleaf's oar partner introduced herself. "Hi! We never got to talk before! My name's Rose, what's yours?" She hesitated, then said, "My names Treeleaf, I came from the coast a long way away." Rose then asked in more of a quiet tone, " Oh? Then why were you on that raft way out at sea?" Treeleaf just shrugged and said, "We were forced to by rats." Rose nodded in sympathy, and then left for the dining hall table filed with food. Treeleaf followed example.
Chapter 2 At Redwall, there was a rush of creatures to get their chores done so they could begin preparations for the Nameday Feast for summer. The abbot was in the gatehouse sorting through suggestions for the name. He had eliminated it to 2 now, "Summer of the Buzzing Bees" and his, "Summer of the Plentiful Honey." He finally decided to combine the two names together. Sapoak, a military hare, was second in command in the kitchens. He was proud to be helping the cook, since he had so many other things to do. He made sure everything was perfect, right down to the numbers of the raisins in the scones. After all the baking was finished, they set up 5 long running tables around the abbey walls, creating a huge running buffet. After they had set those up, they found that they needed 2 more tables to hold the rest of the food. On the tables were honey smothered scones, pies of all flavors, 3 of the moles Turnip 'n' Tater 'n' Beetroot pies, cordials and beers of all sorts, cake by the slice, wonderful flans, 12 different types of bread, and anything else in the Redwall Abbey cookbooks. Right after everybeast had gotten finished setting up, the abbot came up to the stands to make the announcement. "I had a very hard time deciding what name to choose. It was between one suggestion and mine. So I combined them to call this season "The Summer of the Plentiful Honey Bees." Let's celebrate!!!!" Even with his old age he performed an agile jump from the stage and made a fast dash for the food tables. He was then chased by a group of dibbuns trying to beat him there, to claim first rights of the food. After the food singing and reciting was welcomed. After such a meal, any dancing was out of the question, for anyone. A mouse named Rosie was finally persuaded to get up and sing a song. Listen up and I'll tell you a tale, Of a mouse and a pail. It happened upon a stormy night, To a mouse who was having a fright. It was the lightning that scared him most, Thinking that with it would come a ghost. Then there came a big bolt of lightning, Which I must say, was quite frightening. Then he saw his worst nightmare, A white ghost saying, "No fair!" Then he gave one last wail, Before jumping into a water pale. All the ghost was, was an old mouse, Folding white bed sheets for his house! After she finished singing the song twice, the entire group was rolling in laughter. Later that night a mouse named Matthew was asked to recite a poem. "I found this on a scroll in the gatehouse. It's just jabber, but it's a poem." He said. To find the thing that you seek, Look where dibbuns would never peek. Way, way, way, way, down below, Farther than any shovel would go. Once you enter scour the floor, For a red tile, that's the door. Once you open the door and fall, Look around, find the dry-wet wall. Once the wall has been found, Find a green one and turn it around. On the side, peel off the kelp, Now, this scroll will be of great help! After Matthew finished the entire group was silent. Matthew gave a look of embarrassment and left.
Chapter 3 That night after all the singing had been done, everyone decided to retire to bed. It was near dawn; after all, they did have a Nameday Festival! The next day got started on a slow roll, being tired after last night. Breakfast was a short affair, with scones and a little summer salad. Then they began to start their chores for the day. Foremole got up and said, "Burr aye, et be a burnin' day ou' ere" And it was, too. After the chores had been finished, everyone decided to go into the orchard, beneath the fruit trees where the heat hadn't penetrated. Then they started a lively conversation. A mouse named Amber started the conversation. "So, what do we do now that we're finished with everything?" Rosie Replied, "Whatever we can, but out of this heat!" Then Matthew interrupted, "Last night I had a dream about Martin the Warrior telling me that poem I sang yesterday, over and over. He then told me to use it when the time came." A squirrel named Treebreeze, suggested, "Maybe then we should just wait." This brought a silence, following to the suggestion of sleep, which was heartily taken. ~ Back at Death Island, Saucony was furious of the reports of not only coming back empty handed, but losing their ships to oar slaves! "Yew useless tripes! You couldn't get a scrap of food if it weren't for me! I don't know why I feed yew, yew sea scum! Yew ain't worth a scrap of meat! Now get out o' my sight before I change my mind on feedin' yew!" The entire group of captains fled to the banqueting hall, where their crew was waiting for them. The captains just started grabbing as much food as they could. " Crew, yew better do the same, pack! Cause' what you get will be your rations! We're leaving as soon as we can hoist anchor!" Then a crewmember said, "We ain't got no ships!" ~ At the caves, Treeleaf had learned that the group that was rapidly expanding was called the DRAS, for Death Island Resistance Against Saucony. She was promised a tour after dinner, and now she was trying to find her guide. Once she found him, they started. "My name's Harold, I'm the leader of the DRAS. What's yours?" She replied, "My name's Treeleaf." On the tour, he showed her tunnels, under rocks, that lead right into Death Castle. They could pop up in the banqueting hall, in the courtyard, or in the cove. That night they had a huge dinner set up to impress the newcomers, and did the singing while eating, as everyone there loved singing. Treeleaf was asked to sing. Way, way down in the south, At a very big river mouth. That is where we built my home, A nice little hut shaped like a dome. There we lived in harmony and peace, And my mom always made her pies with an extra crease. And then at night when I went to bed, She'd tell me the story of how all the evil fled. "Everything was perfect until the vermin came back and forced us out to sea. They gave us 2 days to make a boat and leave. If we had had a week, we could have made a proper boat. But then, we where lucky to have made what we did. There were 50 of us because our neighbors were forced out too." The entire cavern was silent, sad because of the tale that was shortly told. Then a young hare spoke up and said, "What's all the moping for? We should be happy! We escaped!" That set the entire party into full action. They forgot their food and got up and danced around to the lively tune of "Otter in the bushes" The rest of the night was danced away to music and happiness.
Chapter 4
In the Redwall orchard, the beasts were starting to wake. Matthew for some odd reason got up and ran toward the abbey. Treebreeze and Amber, who were very curious at his reactions, followed him. They found him in the abbot's room talking. "When did the letter arrive??" asked Matthew. The abbot replied, "It arrived just a few moments ago." Then Treebreeze and Amber interjected, "Who is it from? What does it say?" The abbot read it aloud. Dear abbot: I hope I'm not taking any of your time. We are but a small family of mice, moles, squirrels, and a badger. Would you please be humble enough to except us into your abbey? If so, so we know, can you please put up a red flag on the NW corner please? Also, to ensure that this isn't a fake letter from vermin, and due to our old age, could you bring a cart or something to take us in? I know this all may sound straight forward, but we are sick and need help. If you come, please just follow the road down to Saint Ninian's, and then on your left you should see a sign, follow these. If you are coming, please send us a letter, of when you are coming. That way we won't leave any signs up too long for any vermin to find. Thank you. Oh, to send the letter, just put it on the north battlements, my friend the owl will pick it up for you. Thank you again, Foyer After all the talking subsided, the abbot made his decision. "I think we should do as these creatures asked. But we will go armed, incase it's a trap. We need the sword of Martin the Warrior. But we do not know where it is. It's a puzzle." Then Matthew screeched, "A PUZZLE! THE RHYME! THE TIME HAS COME TO USE THE RHYME!!" They took a few moments to realize what he was yelling about, but once they caught on, they got started to work on it right away. The abbot started " Now, To find the thing that you seek, Look where dibbuns would never peek. Way, way, way, way, down below, now where is that?" Matthew figured it out, "The cellars! That also goes with the rest of the rhyme! 'Farther than any shovel would go'." They all scurried down to the cellars in such a rush, that they scared Joseph, the cellar hedgehog. They told him the whole story and then started to scour the floor. They spent hours, but never found the red tile. Then they realized that they were standing on a huge red tile. There was even a little piece of rope on the red tile, to pull it up. They pulled and finally with a dull suck, opened to reveal a tunnel. All five went down the hole. When they got to the bottom, they were amazed at the sight they saw.
Chapter 5
When the searats realized that they had no ships, as they had been stolen by the DRAS, they went berserk. They continued packing all of the food they could, still in an attempt to escape the wild Saucony. They packed and ran. They ran all the way to the other side of the island, about only 12 feet away from the DRAS caves. There they set up a crude camp, hardly any cover, practically just sitting on the shore. They were in for a lot of trouble later that night, for while the DRAS was safe and merry, a huge thunderstorm was moving in. At night, while it was pitch black, the sea-rats had now started a fire. It was a grim blaze, hardly a flame. Then they spilled a jug of seaweed grog on it, which made it become a huge blaze. They started whooping, of course, alerting the DRAS in the caves next door. They sealed up the entrances and became quiet. They continued hearing the whooping until they heard a loud boom that shook the entire cave. They dared to look outside, and found every rat dead, because a huge lightning bolt had hit the shore. Just then, they saw a rat running back yelling, "I found the ships! Just a little a way!" Once he saw the scene, he ran away screaming, but to be stopped by a sharp jagged rock that was sticking out in the dark. That was when the DRAS decided to form a plan immediately. The plan was that at midnight, that night, they would start trying to ram down the door, as a distraction. While in the back, the others would be sawing down a dead tree, to be pushed over on the back wall, destroying it. Then they would attack with full force, and hopefully take over the castle. They had planned to that they would try to escape, so they would bring in the worst 4 of the 5 ships, put a hole in the front, that way, when they used the ships to escape, they would get out way far, then gradually sink. As they were just finishing, they realized that Treeleaf was missing. They looked everywhere, but couldn't find her. Then as they were looking, they were startled by a loud crash at their front door. Almost immediately they saw Treeleaf leading in a badger. Their first instinct was to arm themselves, but then Treeleaf spoke. "WAIT! He is a friend of mine! He was one of our neighbors that went overboard. When I saw that scene outside, I saw some thing out of place. It was him! He survived the waters, and came here!" And she was right; the badger would have been out of place, as he was pure white with a huge golden stripe running from his nose, all the way down his back. He was wearing a green vest and holding a huge double-edged blade with barbs pointing to the tip.
Chapter 6
In the Redwall cellars, the five were amazed at the sight they saw. They saw a huge stock of barrels, all dusty. "Ho ho! So this is where my grandfer kept all his secret stock of elderberry wine" Said Joseph. Matthew then said, "Now what's a dry-wet wall?" Then Abbot Mordalfus said, "The wall with the barrels! It's wet inside, yet dry outside! The dry-wet wall!" They then had Joseph turn over a barrel with a green lid, and then they saw the kelp. They gently peeled of the kelp to find a scroll on the other side of the kelp, in a secret side-chamber. Matthew unrolled the scroll and read aloud, You're almost there, just a little more, Solve this riddle, but don't start to snore! 2 of 1 7=on 4 of 2 5=world 1 of 3 11=shapes 2 of 4 8=tunnel 1 of 5 1=Prissy 4 of 6 10=ocean 1 of 7 4=whole 4 of 8 9=star 2 of 9 6=friend 1 of 10 3=east 2 of 11 12=your 4 of 12 2=west 5 of 13 13=whoot Now you've got it, Unscramble it! Everyone was in a daze because of all of the numbers. Everyone agreed that it was total mumbo-jumbo. They all agreed however to work on it that night. That night, after dinner, they started. After a long while, Mordalfus shouted, "I've got it! Matching numbers! Look at the last one! You have to match the numbers up and then get the letter! The last one would be letter "T"! After you match the numbers, it's 5 of whoot! T!" Once he got that they got it in time. It was midnight before they finished and decided to go to bed.
A tale of Redwall
At Redwall, Abbot Mordalfus was resting peacefully in the gatehouse, being tired after the Abbot's feast. He had forgotten he had promised the dibbuns a story after the feast. Of course, being dibbuns, they decided to go to him. He was startled when he woke to a group of dibbuns just sitting around him. Then he remembered. "Well, well. I promised you a story, didn't I? Well then listen closely. I will tell a tale of your grandmouse, Treeleaf," said the abbot to a now wide-eyed group of dibbuns.
Chapter 1
Out on the open sea, the ship Darkwake had just taken 50 more oar-slaves for the galleys. They were found upon a lost home-built raft that was practically destroyed. Those oar-slaves included a mouse named Treeleaf, who had promised herself to save all the oar-slaves. The next day, the oar- slaves were awoken by a bump that shook the entire ship. They had docked in at Death Island, the home of all the sea faring vermin. While the crew went to their huts, the captains had to report to Saucony, ruler of Death Castle, Death Island, and all of the ships crew and captains. Down at the ship that had taken Treeleaf, she had started to saw at the restraining ropes on her and her partner with a knife she had taken from a searat while he was walking by. But her rowing partner restrained her. Then she saw why. A pair of identical looking searats were slopping out gruel and water to the slaves, purposefully spilling it on the floor and making the slaves lick it up. After they left, she started to cut all of the ropes on her and all the other oar-slaves. Then they escaped. They broke into 5 groups, each group taking a ship and following behind the ship Treeleaf had taken. They told the oar-slaves that if they wanted to be free, then they should row for all they're worth. They sailed around to the back of the island, where they had gone to an underground system of passageways they had found with the escape of a few other oar slaves earlier that year. They then had taken and made the inside larger, making a huge cavern with kitchens and dormitories. When they got around the back, they cut the rest of the oar-slaves free and all went underground. The new 50 were introduced to each other, while being amazed at the size of the cavern. Treeleaf's oar partner introduced herself. "Hi! We never got to talk before! My name's Rose, what's yours?" She hesitated, then said, "My names Treeleaf, I came from the coast a long way away." Rose then asked in more of a quiet tone, " Oh? Then why were you on that raft way out at sea?" Treeleaf just shrugged and said, "We were forced to by rats." Rose nodded in sympathy, and then left for the dining hall table filed with food. Treeleaf followed example.
Chapter 2 At Redwall, there was a rush of creatures to get their chores done so they could begin preparations for the Nameday Feast for summer. The abbot was in the gatehouse sorting through suggestions for the name. He had eliminated it to 2 now, "Summer of the Buzzing Bees" and his, "Summer of the Plentiful Honey." He finally decided to combine the two names together. Sapoak, a military hare, was second in command in the kitchens. He was proud to be helping the cook, since he had so many other things to do. He made sure everything was perfect, right down to the numbers of the raisins in the scones. After all the baking was finished, they set up 5 long running tables around the abbey walls, creating a huge running buffet. After they had set those up, they found that they needed 2 more tables to hold the rest of the food. On the tables were honey smothered scones, pies of all flavors, 3 of the moles Turnip 'n' Tater 'n' Beetroot pies, cordials and beers of all sorts, cake by the slice, wonderful flans, 12 different types of bread, and anything else in the Redwall Abbey cookbooks. Right after everybeast had gotten finished setting up, the abbot came up to the stands to make the announcement. "I had a very hard time deciding what name to choose. It was between one suggestion and mine. So I combined them to call this season "The Summer of the Plentiful Honey Bees." Let's celebrate!!!!" Even with his old age he performed an agile jump from the stage and made a fast dash for the food tables. He was then chased by a group of dibbuns trying to beat him there, to claim first rights of the food. After the food singing and reciting was welcomed. After such a meal, any dancing was out of the question, for anyone. A mouse named Rosie was finally persuaded to get up and sing a song. Listen up and I'll tell you a tale, Of a mouse and a pail. It happened upon a stormy night, To a mouse who was having a fright. It was the lightning that scared him most, Thinking that with it would come a ghost. Then there came a big bolt of lightning, Which I must say, was quite frightening. Then he saw his worst nightmare, A white ghost saying, "No fair!" Then he gave one last wail, Before jumping into a water pale. All the ghost was, was an old mouse, Folding white bed sheets for his house! After she finished singing the song twice, the entire group was rolling in laughter. Later that night a mouse named Matthew was asked to recite a poem. "I found this on a scroll in the gatehouse. It's just jabber, but it's a poem." He said. To find the thing that you seek, Look where dibbuns would never peek. Way, way, way, way, down below, Farther than any shovel would go. Once you enter scour the floor, For a red tile, that's the door. Once you open the door and fall, Look around, find the dry-wet wall. Once the wall has been found, Find a green one and turn it around. On the side, peel off the kelp, Now, this scroll will be of great help! After Matthew finished the entire group was silent. Matthew gave a look of embarrassment and left.
Chapter 3 That night after all the singing had been done, everyone decided to retire to bed. It was near dawn; after all, they did have a Nameday Festival! The next day got started on a slow roll, being tired after last night. Breakfast was a short affair, with scones and a little summer salad. Then they began to start their chores for the day. Foremole got up and said, "Burr aye, et be a burnin' day ou' ere" And it was, too. After the chores had been finished, everyone decided to go into the orchard, beneath the fruit trees where the heat hadn't penetrated. Then they started a lively conversation. A mouse named Amber started the conversation. "So, what do we do now that we're finished with everything?" Rosie Replied, "Whatever we can, but out of this heat!" Then Matthew interrupted, "Last night I had a dream about Martin the Warrior telling me that poem I sang yesterday, over and over. He then told me to use it when the time came." A squirrel named Treebreeze, suggested, "Maybe then we should just wait." This brought a silence, following to the suggestion of sleep, which was heartily taken. ~ Back at Death Island, Saucony was furious of the reports of not only coming back empty handed, but losing their ships to oar slaves! "Yew useless tripes! You couldn't get a scrap of food if it weren't for me! I don't know why I feed yew, yew sea scum! Yew ain't worth a scrap of meat! Now get out o' my sight before I change my mind on feedin' yew!" The entire group of captains fled to the banqueting hall, where their crew was waiting for them. The captains just started grabbing as much food as they could. " Crew, yew better do the same, pack! Cause' what you get will be your rations! We're leaving as soon as we can hoist anchor!" Then a crewmember said, "We ain't got no ships!" ~ At the caves, Treeleaf had learned that the group that was rapidly expanding was called the DRAS, for Death Island Resistance Against Saucony. She was promised a tour after dinner, and now she was trying to find her guide. Once she found him, they started. "My name's Harold, I'm the leader of the DRAS. What's yours?" She replied, "My name's Treeleaf." On the tour, he showed her tunnels, under rocks, that lead right into Death Castle. They could pop up in the banqueting hall, in the courtyard, or in the cove. That night they had a huge dinner set up to impress the newcomers, and did the singing while eating, as everyone there loved singing. Treeleaf was asked to sing. Way, way down in the south, At a very big river mouth. That is where we built my home, A nice little hut shaped like a dome. There we lived in harmony and peace, And my mom always made her pies with an extra crease. And then at night when I went to bed, She'd tell me the story of how all the evil fled. "Everything was perfect until the vermin came back and forced us out to sea. They gave us 2 days to make a boat and leave. If we had had a week, we could have made a proper boat. But then, we where lucky to have made what we did. There were 50 of us because our neighbors were forced out too." The entire cavern was silent, sad because of the tale that was shortly told. Then a young hare spoke up and said, "What's all the moping for? We should be happy! We escaped!" That set the entire party into full action. They forgot their food and got up and danced around to the lively tune of "Otter in the bushes" The rest of the night was danced away to music and happiness.
Chapter 4
In the Redwall orchard, the beasts were starting to wake. Matthew for some odd reason got up and ran toward the abbey. Treebreeze and Amber, who were very curious at his reactions, followed him. They found him in the abbot's room talking. "When did the letter arrive??" asked Matthew. The abbot replied, "It arrived just a few moments ago." Then Treebreeze and Amber interjected, "Who is it from? What does it say?" The abbot read it aloud. Dear abbot: I hope I'm not taking any of your time. We are but a small family of mice, moles, squirrels, and a badger. Would you please be humble enough to except us into your abbey? If so, so we know, can you please put up a red flag on the NW corner please? Also, to ensure that this isn't a fake letter from vermin, and due to our old age, could you bring a cart or something to take us in? I know this all may sound straight forward, but we are sick and need help. If you come, please just follow the road down to Saint Ninian's, and then on your left you should see a sign, follow these. If you are coming, please send us a letter, of when you are coming. That way we won't leave any signs up too long for any vermin to find. Thank you. Oh, to send the letter, just put it on the north battlements, my friend the owl will pick it up for you. Thank you again, Foyer After all the talking subsided, the abbot made his decision. "I think we should do as these creatures asked. But we will go armed, incase it's a trap. We need the sword of Martin the Warrior. But we do not know where it is. It's a puzzle." Then Matthew screeched, "A PUZZLE! THE RHYME! THE TIME HAS COME TO USE THE RHYME!!" They took a few moments to realize what he was yelling about, but once they caught on, they got started to work on it right away. The abbot started " Now, To find the thing that you seek, Look where dibbuns would never peek. Way, way, way, way, down below, now where is that?" Matthew figured it out, "The cellars! That also goes with the rest of the rhyme! 'Farther than any shovel would go'." They all scurried down to the cellars in such a rush, that they scared Joseph, the cellar hedgehog. They told him the whole story and then started to scour the floor. They spent hours, but never found the red tile. Then they realized that they were standing on a huge red tile. There was even a little piece of rope on the red tile, to pull it up. They pulled and finally with a dull suck, opened to reveal a tunnel. All five went down the hole. When they got to the bottom, they were amazed at the sight they saw.
Chapter 5
When the searats realized that they had no ships, as they had been stolen by the DRAS, they went berserk. They continued packing all of the food they could, still in an attempt to escape the wild Saucony. They packed and ran. They ran all the way to the other side of the island, about only 12 feet away from the DRAS caves. There they set up a crude camp, hardly any cover, practically just sitting on the shore. They were in for a lot of trouble later that night, for while the DRAS was safe and merry, a huge thunderstorm was moving in. At night, while it was pitch black, the sea-rats had now started a fire. It was a grim blaze, hardly a flame. Then they spilled a jug of seaweed grog on it, which made it become a huge blaze. They started whooping, of course, alerting the DRAS in the caves next door. They sealed up the entrances and became quiet. They continued hearing the whooping until they heard a loud boom that shook the entire cave. They dared to look outside, and found every rat dead, because a huge lightning bolt had hit the shore. Just then, they saw a rat running back yelling, "I found the ships! Just a little a way!" Once he saw the scene, he ran away screaming, but to be stopped by a sharp jagged rock that was sticking out in the dark. That was when the DRAS decided to form a plan immediately. The plan was that at midnight, that night, they would start trying to ram down the door, as a distraction. While in the back, the others would be sawing down a dead tree, to be pushed over on the back wall, destroying it. Then they would attack with full force, and hopefully take over the castle. They had planned to that they would try to escape, so they would bring in the worst 4 of the 5 ships, put a hole in the front, that way, when they used the ships to escape, they would get out way far, then gradually sink. As they were just finishing, they realized that Treeleaf was missing. They looked everywhere, but couldn't find her. Then as they were looking, they were startled by a loud crash at their front door. Almost immediately they saw Treeleaf leading in a badger. Their first instinct was to arm themselves, but then Treeleaf spoke. "WAIT! He is a friend of mine! He was one of our neighbors that went overboard. When I saw that scene outside, I saw some thing out of place. It was him! He survived the waters, and came here!" And she was right; the badger would have been out of place, as he was pure white with a huge golden stripe running from his nose, all the way down his back. He was wearing a green vest and holding a huge double-edged blade with barbs pointing to the tip.
Chapter 6
In the Redwall cellars, the five were amazed at the sight they saw. They saw a huge stock of barrels, all dusty. "Ho ho! So this is where my grandfer kept all his secret stock of elderberry wine" Said Joseph. Matthew then said, "Now what's a dry-wet wall?" Then Abbot Mordalfus said, "The wall with the barrels! It's wet inside, yet dry outside! The dry-wet wall!" They then had Joseph turn over a barrel with a green lid, and then they saw the kelp. They gently peeled of the kelp to find a scroll on the other side of the kelp, in a secret side-chamber. Matthew unrolled the scroll and read aloud, You're almost there, just a little more, Solve this riddle, but don't start to snore! 2 of 1 7=on 4 of 2 5=world 1 of 3 11=shapes 2 of 4 8=tunnel 1 of 5 1=Prissy 4 of 6 10=ocean 1 of 7 4=whole 4 of 8 9=star 2 of 9 6=friend 1 of 10 3=east 2 of 11 12=your 4 of 12 2=west 5 of 13 13=whoot Now you've got it, Unscramble it! Everyone was in a daze because of all of the numbers. Everyone agreed that it was total mumbo-jumbo. They all agreed however to work on it that night. That night, after dinner, they started. After a long while, Mordalfus shouted, "I've got it! Matching numbers! Look at the last one! You have to match the numbers up and then get the letter! The last one would be letter "T"! After you match the numbers, it's 5 of whoot! T!" Once he got that they got it in time. It was midnight before they finished and decided to go to bed.
