I don't quite understand, though, why they call this a festival. It seems to me that others celebrate, while I do all the work. Personally, at least, I don't think that doing chores is very festive. I do plenty of those every day!

They don't even pay well. Leaves? My trees have those; I hardly need more. Pies? I love pies, but I can make a dozen in the time it takes to earn just one at that festival. Not only that, but those festival pies seem to attract a lot of annoying moochers. My young cousin Badgersong is more than enough moocher for me!

So I have made a decision. If people like doing chores so much for such small rewards, I'm going to start my own festival. I'll call it the Burrow Festival, and it will be held in the Songburrow neighborhood, where I live, with additional events in a variety of Lyndleby homesteads. Events will include burrow-cleaning, pie-baking, weed pulling, grass trimming, cow and pig pen shoveling out, and other wonderfully entertaining diversions.

I'm still working on the rewards, but I'm thinking maybe biscuits (one per chore), empty beer bottles, and mayhap a few items of second-hand clothing. I'm sure folk will love it!

Further announcements will follow once I've worked out the details. I know you'll be waiting eagerly to hear more.

Diaspore Silvertongue