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. How did you know?" Matthew replied, "Martin told me you would get a letter and started to say something like, now it the time, to use. but that was when I woke up. 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 some mode of transportation 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, Captain Snow, 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, "It's a puzzle! The rhyme! It's time to use the rhyme! That's what martin was about to say!" 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.
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. How did you know?" Matthew replied, "Martin told me you would get a letter and started to say something like, now it the time, to use. but that was when I woke up. 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 some mode of transportation 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, Captain Snow, 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, "It's a puzzle! The rhyme! It's time to use the rhyme! That's what martin was about to say!" 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.
