He couldn’t believe it. “All our lives,” he cried. “Pecking away at trees . . . giving ourselves headaches . . . and we could have been eating sandwiches!?”
I felt so terrible, I made him some to bring back to his family.
His family had a similar reaction. But once they calmed down, they were glad to have the sandwiches.
And ever since, the forest has been much more peaceful.
Though I wish they could figure out how to make the sandwiches themselves.
The End
-JLK
From Feed It to the Worms, a collection of very short stories for small children.
