Harriet and Eliot Gather Chestnuts

Trudy here. We've really been needing something to happen around here, so Eliot and Harriet volunteered to go on an adventure! It's Autumn at their home (of course, Islandshire has only one perfect season), so they decided to take Eliot's scooter out for a ride. We're holding a benefit for the "Islandshire Adoption Fund", and everyone is going to help out. A couple of the girls want to make marron glacé and can it to sell, so Eliot and Harriet offered to go out to hunt for chestnuts!

Off to find some chestnuts!

They took a ride on Eliot's scooter and didn't really have to go too far. It was a bit of a ride, but they enjoyed it. The old chestnut tree is over on the edge of the garden, near the hedge. You have to go through a bit of woods to get there, but they didn't mind the dark.

Once they got to the tree, Harriet really got down to work. She gathered all kinds of nuts and found a little log to perch on while organizing them. Eliot wasn't really much help, because he just kept riding around on his scooter -- but he's fun to have around!

Harriet checked all the chestnuts to make sure that they were good (no worms!).

Eliot rode around while Harriet sorted the chestnuts . . . he said that he was looking around for more, but he was sure driving pretty quickly to spot nuts hidden on the ground.

After a while, Eliot came over to help Harriet load the nuts into the compartment on the back of the scooter.

As soon as all the chestnuts were stowed in the back of the scooter, Harriet got back on, and they started for home. It was a bit of a darker ride now, because they'd been gone for quite a while, but they are really brave!

At the house, Eliot parked his scooter and helped Harriet climb the stairs inside. It was a very successful trip, and the Benefit will be a great success with these great chestnuts!

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