Herky and his friends loved playing games together. They were fun games, but they were games that often required being outside due to the fact they needed a lot of room to fly around in. This normally wasn't a problem, however, as it was sunny in Tarrytown a lot.

Until one day, when it wasn't so sunny at all! A heavy rainfall had fallen over Tarrytown, and dark grey clouds, pouring rain and flooding rivers kept everyone inside- including Jay Jay, Tracey, Herky and Snuffy.

"I'm bored." Snuffy said.

"Me too," Agreed Herky. "It's no fun being indoors."

"Well, we could play an indoor game." Tracey suggested.

"Great idea Tracey!" Jay Jay told her. "But what will we play?" He asked.

"I want to play Jet Frog!" Herky declared.

"Hmm, could we manage that?" Jay Jay wondered. "I mean this hangar is a bit small..."

"We could do it in mine," Offered Herky, who was really eager to play Jet Frog. "It's a lot bigger, remember?"

"Oh yeah!" Snuffy exclaimed. "That should be big enough!"

"Herky, you're a genius." Tracey added.

This made Herky beam with pride. So the four friends went to go and play Jet Frog.

After Tracey and Snuffy, and then Jay Jay and Tracey, Herky and Jay Jay were playing a round of Leap Jet. They were having a lot of fun!

"Whee!" Jay Jay exclaimed, as he flew over his helicopter friend. "This is fun!"

"Yeah!" Herky agreed.

"Your turn, Herky." Jay Jay told him.

So Herky flew over Jay Jay, and then he waited as his friend flew over him. Only, as Jay Jay did so, he forgot to check he wasn't going to hit anything, and after flying over his friend, he saw he was heading for a wooden table on which a yellow box was kept.

"Jay Jay, look out!" Snuffy and Tracey yelled from behind him, but it was too late- Jay Jay crashed into the table and broke it and the yellow box!

"Oh no! My gum shield!" Herky cried. "It was in the yellow box!"

"I'm sorry Herky..." Jay Jay told him, looking very upset. He hadn't meant to break the table, or the box.

"Its fine," Replied Herky. "I'm just worried about my gum shield. You're not hurt, are you?"

"No- just shaken." Jay Jay answered.

"Okay,"

After Jay Jay had regained his senses, the four went to have a look at the contents of the box. Unfortunately, as they opened the box, they soon saw that Herky's gum shield was broken in half. They all gasped in horror on seeing the damage.

"Well, maybe we could get Brenda to fix it." Tracey suggested hopefully. "She does know how to fix things like this."

"Yeah, you're right, Tracey." Jay Jay agreed, though deep down, he still felt terrible for having broken Herky's gum shield in the first place. He resolved to make it up to his friend at the first possible opportunity.

...

However, when they arrived at Brenda's workshop in the pouring rain, she was very busy, as Old Oscar was very ill, and he hadn't been able to work for days.

"Brenda, can you help us, please?" They asked her.

"Sure, I'll come and have a look. I'll be back in a minute, Oscar." She added to the elderly plane, before making her way to where her young friends were waiting for her. "What's wrong?" She inquired kindly.

"I accidentally broke Herky's gum shield during a game of Jet Frog." Jay Jay said sadly. "I didn't mean to do it, but I sort of crashed into the table it was on and broke it and the box."

"Well, the box can be easily replaced," Replied Brenda reassuringly. "But the gum shield will take a while to fix. I'm afraid with me fixing Old Oscar too I wouldn't be able to see to your gum shield until tomorrow. If I do get a bit of spare time I'll see what I can do, but even then it won't be ready by tonight."

"Oh," Said Herky quietly. "But I need it, Brenda."

"I know, and I'm sorry, Herky- but I can't manage everything at once. Though I will do what I can- and in the meantime, you'll just have to bear without it for the night." Brenda promised.

"And we'll help you!" Jay Jay added, who was still eager to make it up to Herky for breaking his gum shield and getting them into the mess in the first place. Snuffy and Tracey smiled in agreement.

"Thanks, guys. That means a lot." Herky smiled bravely.

"You don't need to thank us, Herky. We're your friends." Snuffy reminded him.

...

Just before bedtime that night, Big Jake informed them that Old Oscar had been repaired and was due back at work in the morning. He also said that Brenda had started working on fixing the gum shield. Whilst Herky's gum shield was being fixed, Jay Jay decided that he would help his friend get some sleep that night.

However, he didn't know what to do to help his friend, as Herky was often prone to shaking whenever he didn't have his gum shield with him.

He did try a number of ways to get his friend to sleep. He got Savannah to tell them a story about one of her trips to Europe, but this only resulted in making Tracey and Snuffy deeply asleep. Herky did fall asleep too, but he kept shaking, so that didn't last long.

Next, he tried to talk to Herky about something, but he couldn't think of anything to talk about, as the pair had been together the whole day, and so it wasn't worth asking what had happened that day. Besides, he kept thinking back to the accident with the gum shield.

But just as he felt himself beginning to run out of ideas, he heard a bird outside, singing a song. This gave him an idea.

"I know! I'll sing him a lullaby! That'll help him relax."

He took a deep breath, and began to sing, 'The Moon'.

"I see the moon, the moon sees me

shining through the leaves of the old oak tree

Oh, let the light that shines on me

shine on the one I love.

Over the mountain, over the sea,

back where my heart is longing to be

Oh, let the light that shines on me

shine on the one I love.

I hear the lark, the lark hears me

singing from the leaves of the old oak tree

Oh, let the lark that sings to me

sing to the one I love,

Over the mountains, over the sea

back where my heart is longing to be

Oh, let the lark that sings to me

sing to the one I love."

Jay Jay smiled as he finished the lullaby, and saw that his friend was fast asleep. Surprisingly, Herky didn't shake and fuss at all! He was snoozing peacefully, looking very relaxed without his gum shield.

"Goodnight Herky. Sweet dreams." Jay Jay whispered, before he yawned and his eyes drifted to a close- and in his dreams, he dreamt that he, Herky Tracey and Snuffy were playing hide and seek with the moon.