After a long flight back from France, Savannah the sleek and speedy silver supersonic jet of E.Z Airlines was glad to be back at Tarrytown again. She could see the airport in the distance, and she knew she was looking forward to having a nice long rest in the hangar and then she will also have a catch up with her friends as well and see what the other planes had done in her absence.

"There's the runway Savannah! Not much longer now!" The pilot said, and the silver sonic jet was glad to agree with this. She felt herself get giddy with excitement at the thought of seeing her friends again as the pilot began the descent.

Slowly but surely, every dip down brought Savannah closer to home than ever before, and yet it seemed as though it would be ages before she landed. But at last, however, she landed on the runway smoothly and glided along the tarmac to a graceful stop, like a graceful swan.

"It feels good to be home!" Savannah exclaimed.

Suddenly, at one end of the runway, she saw a strange sight. A tall and elegant coconut tree was standing there, looking as though it had been there all the time, but Savannah had never seen it before.

"What a lovely coconut tree!" She said warmly. "Why, it reminds me of the time I went to the Caribbean!"

Huge hairy brown coconuts sat amidst the long frond like green leaves of the tree, and its trunk was sloping, slender and a light brown. Savannah was excited.

"I wonder who else knows about the coconut tree." She said to herself, and went off to investigate.

...

First, she saw Tracey. "Hello Savannah! I'm glad you're back!" Tracey said. "We missed you."

"I missed you all too." Savannah replied softly. Then she decided to ask her friend about the coconut tree. "Tracey honey, did you see the coconut tree at the end of the runway?" She asked. It's absolutely beautiful!"

But the little pink jet just looked very confused.

"No I haven't seen the coconut tree." She said. "In fact, there isn't even a coconut tree at the end of the runway."

"But there is." Savannah insisted gently. "I saw it when I landed. It was a very large tree and it was leaning towards the left slightly."

"I'm sorry Savannah, but I haven't a coconut tree in Tarrytown." Tracey replied, and with that she went away, leaving Savannah confused.

"But I saw it – it was right there by the end of the runway." She said to herself. "Hm, perhaps Tracey hasn't seen it yet. I'll ask someone else and see if they'd seen it."

So Savannah decided to ask Big Jake and see if he had seen the coconut tree yet. She found him talking to Old Oscar, Jay Jay and Snuffy. This was unexpected, but Savannah decided she might as well ask all three as well as Big Jake to see if anyone had seen it yet.

"Excuse me darlings, but have any of you seen the coconut tree at the end of the runway?" She asked.

"What coconut tree?" Snuffy asked in confusion.

"No, sorry Savannah- haven't seen one here." Old Oscar said.

"I'm with Old Oscar here. I haven't seen it either." Big Jake said. He wanted to believe her, but he had never seen it before, so how could he?

"Have you seen the tree, Jay Jay honey?" Savannah asked him hopefully.

"Sorry Savannah. But I haven't seen one." He explained.

"Never mind, but thank you all the same." With that, she turned round and left.

...

Later, Savannah asked Herky and Brenda Blue about it, but neither of them knew a thing. They were both the same as everyone else- they hadn't seen it.

So Savannah sadly trailed back to the hangar to rest a while, as she was feeling very weary, and she had been going around asking all her friends if they had seen the mysterious coconut tree. But no one said they had.

"Why does no one believe me?" She asked, feeling very upset that none of her friends believed her. She wanted to show that the coconut tree was there, but how could she do that if everyone else were unwilling to believe that a coconut tree was by the end of the runway?

Then she had an idea.

"I could go back and see if the tree is still there." She said to herself. "If it is, then I could prove it exists to my friends!"

So instead of heading back to the hangar, she went to the end of the runway where she had seen the coconut tree.

It was still there. It was in the exact same place that she had seen it when she had arrived home from her trip. Savannah blinked a few times to ensure that she wasn't dreaming, but when she saw that she wasn't, she wondered why none of her friends believed that it existed.

"I can see it right here. So why hasn't anyone else seen it yet?"

But Savannah still didn't know the answer, so she trooped back towards the hangar sadly. She was going to have a nice long rest and hopefully find out about the coconut tree when she awoke.

But as soon as she reached her hangar, Snuffy and Tracey entered as well.

"Hey Savannah!" They said.

"Hello." Savannah replied dully.

"We're sorry you couldn't find the answer to the coconut tree." Snuffy said sadly.

"But Mr E.Z O Malley sent me and Snuffy to collect you and bring you to the runway – Mr O' Malley has a surprise for you!" Tracey added excitedly.

"For me-but he didn't have to go into all the trouble." Savannah said modestly.

"Well, he said you would like it. Come on, we're almost there!" The two excited planes said.

When they reached the runway, they saw Big Jake, Old Oscar, Jay Jay, Herky, Brenda Blue and Mr E.Z O'Malley himself all standing by the coconut tree.

"Welcome everyone!" Mr O' Malley said cheerfully. "I've brought you all here to show you all a wonderful surprise for our very own Savannah!"

Savannah was speechless. She didn't know what to say.

"I bought and had this coconut tree planted especially for Savannah as a welcome home present from her very long trip to France! I hope she likes it."

Savannah loved it. Unfortunately, she was also embarrassed about having asked all her friends about it when it turned out to be a surprise.

"Don't worry about it, Savannah." Big Jake told her kindly. "We didn't know about it until now. Well, we did know that Mr O' Malley wanted to surprise you, but we didn't know about the tree."

"That's alright." Savannah replied softly. "Thank you for my tree- it's beautiful."

And they all sat round it, admiring its exotic beauty.