Truffula Tales
Green Eyes in the Bush
Based upon the This is the Place (Tricky Version) from the soundtrack. I don't own the song!
Upon arriving to this beautiful Truffula forest, Once-ler was very pleased with this place. He looked around for a spot to set up his cottage, just a few feet from a pond that was dotted with pink and white water lilies. He watched as the humming-fish leaped up out of the water.
"This pond is perfect, no doubt," he said to the creatures. "Excuse me while I rip these out."
He began tossing his supplies carelessly on the ground: his heart-print boxers landed on a bar-ba-loot, a saw, a gardening trowel, and a shovel pierced the ground, making three humming-fish jump back in terror. Then some gardening prunes; the blades just barely open landed around the baby swomee-swan's neck, who stood there, completely unaware while its parents looked horrified. Then a tube of toothpaste, which a humming-fish leaned forward to smell...only to be struck by a wooden mallet, causing it to burst in his face.
Once-ler picked up the mallet off the ground and and began to set up his cottage. When it was done, he looked up at it, hands on hips. Then began to move his supplies inside. Tired and sweaty from setting up and moving everything in, he wiped his brow. He wanted to get started on his work on his newest idea for an invention: the Thneed. Ah! Yes. This place was perfect. It was just the place he needed to be. He had searched for weeks and weeks all over the globe.
"Yup, this is it!" he said happily, staring up at his cottage with a wide smile. "This is the place! And now...to find the stuff to make my Thneed!"
He explored around to find the right material to make his Thneed. He saw the swomee-swans flying overhead, admiring the yellow and orange. How they flew so high in the sky!
"I love your graceful neck and your noble breast," he said to one that was nestled in a Truffula tree, pulling it down towards him. "But I think what I like the most...just might be your nest."
He yanked the nest right out from under the bird with a 'thank you' and began looking it over. The offended bird glared at the creature who had stolen her nest. How dare this creature would do such a thing!
"Hmm," he said, looking it over with blue eyes. "Nah. Definitely not for Thneeds."
He tossed the nest aside and walked away, looking around...then, he saw something in the bush nearby. There...was a pair of mossy eyes, staring right at him...
"Huh?" He squinted, unsure if he was seeing things.
Then the bush blinked! He got closer...only they were gone in a second! He shook his head.
"That...was weird," he mumbled, shaking his head.
He continued his search for the perfect material for his Thneed. Then, he spied a bar-ba-loot munching on a fruit.
"Hey there, bar-ba-loot," he said, poking his black nose. "You look so cute in that suit!"
He picked up the bar-ba-loot, stroking its head, feeling its fur. Oh! So soft! This had to be the right stuff!
"You know what?" he said. "I'm just gonna shave a bit off your bar-ba-loot butt..."
He took out his electric shaver and did...well, exactly that in a BZZZT. Once-ler looked at the sheared off fur for a moment, then dropped the poor little bar-ba-loot with a shaved butt. Embarrassed, he wandered away, covering his exposed area while the others laughed at him, mumbling angrily under his breath.
Again, Once-ler heard giggling in a bush he passed by...
"Huh?" he said looking around.
Again...there were the green eyes...staring right at him! The eyelashes fluttered a bit as it blinked.
"What the...?" he said incredulous with a squint.
He got closer to see who these eyes belonged to...only they were gone again! Seriously! What was that? What kind of bush had green eyes and giggled? He'd never seen that before. This forest was beautiful...yet it certainly had strange things...
What he didn't know was what was in those bushes was the impish little sprite, Fiora. Fiora had gotten a closer look at this strange creature. This creature was beyond fascinating. She was annoyed that the creature did these terrible things to the animals, yes...but she wanted to see this creature. It was funny making this creature confused. Thankfully, these bushes were thick enough to hide. No way was she going to reveal herself to this creature...