Tales of HumferGoo

Chapter 3

We had to walk around a bit until I saw her talking with someone. HumferGoo and I waited until she was done so we wouldn't rudely interrupt their conversation. Clover noticed us and said to the person that she'll see them later. She then walked over to us and said,"Hey. I see you brought HumferGoo."

"Yep he tagged along because he had extra spare time. We just came to ask if your almost done, and that if you want to come eat lunch over at Humfer's castle," I said. "I'm jus about done, but I wouldn't mind at all," said Clover. "Alright then. We'll be wandering around the village and then meet back here when your done," said HumferGoo. "See you in a bit," I said waving goodbye to Clover. Clover waved back and eventually was far enough away. "So what's the first thing you want to do," said HumferGoo. "Well I'm hoping we don't bump into anyone. That'd just be awkward," I said. HumferGoo laughed. "Is that because your shy?"

"Maybe," I said blushing a little. "Maybe we can stop by the barely and pick up some treats for the men back at the castle," said HumferGoo, "they'll love it."

We started walking. I saw a bunch of tiny little houses and shops all a long the way to the bakery. HumferGoo opened the door for me and I walked in. He followed behind me. "I'll just be sitting over here," I said walking over to a small bench by a window.

"Hey HumferGoo! How's it been?" Said the baker. "It's been fine actually, just a little news here and there," replied HumferGoo. I zoned out of what they were saying when I noticed an old lady walking outside. She was wearing a dark purple shawl that was wrapped around her shoulders, and a dark purple dress. I also noticed that she was holding a staff with a small blue flower attached to it. It looked just like ones that grew in my forest. I started to get a little freaked out. I've never felt anyone walk into my forest, except for Clover and HumferGoo. I then heard HumferGoo say,"All ready." I turned to face him as he was looking at me. "Who are you looking at?" He said. "Oh I just saw someone that looked familiar," I said getting up. "Oh well ok then. Do you think Clover is ready yet?" Said HumferGoo. "Maybe not. We can go see the fountain that in the middle of the village," I said as we both walked out. "Sure," he said leading the way.

I've only seen the fountain a couple of times since i never really come to the village. It has always made curious as to when it was built, but I've never been around long enough to look at it.

When we got there HumferGoo found a bench near it and sat down, putting aside the bag of deserts. I walked over to the edge of the fountain and sat down. I turned to face the inside of it and then I put y feet in the water. I watched as people walked past, or sat on any of the benches. I took my feet out of the water and then proceeded to walk around the fountain. I saw a small plaque that read: Made in memory of Melody. I had no clue who that was. I then saw Clover in the distance. I gave a small shout to HumferGoo saying Clover was coming and then we both walked over to her. "All set," said Clover.

It wasn't until about 12:15 that we got to HumferGoo's castle. HumferGoo kept the deserts he got a secret until all of sat down and waited for everyone else. It eventually got packed and a lot of talking was hovering in the air. HumferGoo then quieted them down and lifted up the bag of deserts. Everyone gave a gasp, as he lowered the bag. "I brought a little something back," he said with a big smile. He then took each desert out placing each of them gently on the table. I then heard a wave of gasps. "Everyone each gets one," he said. "I picked most of everyone's favorites as they ran out of some of them," he said.

Everyone started passing around each dessert to the ones who like that kind until everyone had one. Including me and Clover. HumferGoo had gotten me a biscuit. Which I really like with jelly. I was about to eat it when I saw the guards waiting to eat it. I put it back down. It was a few minutes later when a row of chefs walked in with trays of food. The chefs placed them down and started passing out the food.

After all the food was handed out and everyone was eating it, it got really loud with everyone talking at once. I got a plate of salad and some grapes on the side, along with my biscuit, which were all y favorite foods. I started eating along with everyone else. HumfeGoo was talking with a few of the guards across the table. I just sat there quietly. I looked over to see what Clover was doing, and she was also talking with people. It wasn't until I swallowed my food when I thought I heard something. I looked around to see if anyone else heard it, but apparently not. It sounded like someone had farted. I was a tad grossed out, but tried to not show it so no one would notice. Now I know what HumferGoo meant by it being crazy. There wasn't a second of silence, and everyone was just laughing or eating their food while talking to the people around them.

About an hour passed when everyone was about finished. A few of the chefs were taking the finished plates back to the kitchen. Eventually everyone started leaving back to their job, until it was just me, Clover and HumferGoo left.

"Well, I got to get back to stuff, so I'll see you guys tomorrow or sometime soon," said HumferGoo getting up. "Feel free to stay as long as you like," he said, and then left leaving me and Clover. "You want to head back home? Or stay here. I'm fine with whatever," said Clover looking at me. "I'm going to stay here for a bit," I said, "I'll be in the library." "Alright then. I'll will too," said Clover. We both got up, pushing our chairs in and then leaving the dining hall. I knew Clover didn't know where the library was so she followed me there.

"Shouldn't there be a librarian?" said Clover following me to a seat. "Yeah, but he's been sick," I said. "Oh okay then," she said. "What are you going to read?" Clover asked. "Just some books on the history of Quei nothing exciting. That reminds me. Did you know that your forest was named Clover Fields by mom?" I said. "Wow really? By mom? I didn't know that it even had a name," said Clover. She paused. "How do you know that?" she said. "It's in the book I'm reading," I said. "Hold on one second," I said getting up. I walked over to the shelf to get the book when I saw that it wasn't there. "Oh. That's weird," I said looking further down the isle. I walked back over by Clover. "It's not there," I said still confused. "I didn't bring it with me earlier," I said.

"And I don't think someone would be that interested in a book about swamps," I said. "To be honest, I wouldn't either," replied Clover. "Well if someone did borrow it, and returns it back tomorrow, you can show me then," said Clover. "Yeah okay," I said. Clover got up to find a book that she would like, while I thought of another book title to look for. Oh yeah! HumferGoo said there was a book on the people of Quei. I got up and went back to the isle called History of Quei and HumferGoo's castle. I found the book HumferGoo was talking about and grabbed it off the shelf. I then sat back down. I looked at the table of contents to see of there were any about forests. I saw a page that was titled: Queens and Kings of the forests of Quei. I turned to that page and saw someone called King Haron. I had no idea who that was, but he was probably an old ruler who was long dead. I flipped through the pages to find a few of them ripped out. How in the world was someone able to do that and get rid of the evidence that fast? I closed the book and then put my head in my hands. I looked over to where Clover was sitting. She was reading a book, not noticing me. I didn't want to bug her, so I got up set the book on the library desk. Maybe they threw it away in the trash can that's in here, I thought. So I walked over to the side of the desk and looked in the small trash can. It was empty. Hmmm, how suspicious. What if they did it to another book? I went back to the same isle that had the other book and picked out a few more books that were similar. I flipped through a few more pages when I saw the name Queen Treesta. Before I checked it, I looked in the other books to find some of the pages missing. Even more weird. I went back to the first book and looked to see what it says. Some parts of the pages were ripped out. I read all that was visible. "Queen Treesta was known by the people of the forests, as the Giving Tree. She got this name, as she would always visit those of her kind, the nymphs and dryads atleast once everyday." It ended there, so I went to the other part of the page that wasn't ripped out. "She was friends with someone named Rose, who was a young woman, now being an old lady today. This particular person Queen Treesta loved visiting when she was young, and even to this day." It ended there not saying where this Rose person lived, but enough to make a wave of sadness wash over me. I then realized that maybe Rose was listed in the book. But then it hit me that this was a book over the important people of Quei. Rose just seems like an everyday person that was only mentioned because she was friends with my mom. I then looked to see if it mentioned us. It did but only said,"Queen Treesta had two daughters, the oldest being Clover, and the youngest, Leafa. Her two daughters became the next in line for royalty. These two daughters of hers were said to be special because anyone born into that family royalty was gifted with a talent. This talent being them being able to grow all types of plants, or foliage." It cut off there. Now that's something that's awesome. I got a little more sad since that's all that was mentioned so I guess I'm done reading books. I then decided to look out the window for the remaining time that Clover would want to stay. I put all the books back that didn't have ripped pages back, and the ones that had ripped pages on the library desk. I then grabbed a random book of the shelf so it would seem like I was reading a book by the window. I walked over to the window sill and opened near the middle of the book. I then sat down and set the book on my knees. I leaned my head against the wall behind my back and looked out the window. It was facing towards the garden. I looked at all the plants that I had grown for HumferGoo. They weren't any kind of big fancy trees, but just normal oak and maple trees. There were a also a few bushes that I grew. I was proud of myself because Clover always tells me to practice my talent, which I do, just not as much because it gets so lonely and boring just sitting in my forest all day. I got a little sleepy, and a few minutes pasted, that I knew I had drifted to sleep.