Seedos Storybook Notes

Chapter 6

Piñata Central had a regular supply of common piñata types but my garden was the only place to get the really unusual piñata. I worked in the garden with my family, Mother visited as often as she could. Everything was close to perfect and then my youngest son Sidos arrived, like the cherry on the cake. Mother gave up sailing and we lived as a family in and around the garden for a short time. Sidos started to look after a Shellybean, then two and soon he had romanced them. He was very advanced for such a little boy (like a chip off the old man’s block). Sidos and his family of Shellybeans continued to spend lots of time together. When Piñata Central requested some Shellybean Piñatas, Sidos happily sent the whole family. Sidos had taught the Shellybeans all sorts of tricks including the ‘Tower of Shellybeans’ and the ‘Shellybean Burst’. Those little Shellybeans must have put on quite a show because when they came home there was suddenly a big demand for Shellybean Piñatas. Obviously Sidos followed in his Dad’s footsteps, becoming a piñata expert before he could talk properly.

Chapter 7

You probably heard that I was the most successful gardener on Piñata Island, and that’s not a boast it’s a fact. Suddenly a rumor started that there was one piñata I hadn’t managed to capture. I laughed when people asked me about it but it was starting to bug me. Surely if anyone could lure a Dragonache into their garden it was me. I was lucky though. My old helper Lester showed up one day with an old map he said he’d found. The map showed a route over the sea to a little island where a wise man was supposed to live. Lester said that this man was the last known person to ever see a Dragonache and that he held the secrets to attracting one to a garden.

I immediately started planning a trip. Mother would captain the ship and take us to the old man’s island. Stardos was able to look after the garden with the help of Leafos. Storkos would keep an eye out for little Sidos until we returned. I was determined to prove once and for all that I was the greatest gardener that Piñata Island had ever seen!

Chapter 10

The old man dropped me off at the docks and I built myself this chair out of old scrap I found. I sped down to the garden. It was like my worst nightmare come true. Piñata homes were smashed, the plants had all dried up and the soil had been baked as hard as concrete. Leafos was hiding in the house. She explained that Stardos had gone into the jungle to meet Lester. As soon as he was out of sight a gang of Ruffians had arrived. They smashed up the garden, ripped my journal into pieces and put all the piñata in a crate and sent them to Lester… No, I can't call him Lester anymore. Pester is a better name for him! Storkos had stayed safe on Egg Mountain, and she had no choice but to keep on delivering eggs to other gardens. Little Sidos had run into the swamp with his Shellybeans. They were his only family for some time. This seems to have really affected him. Now he loves seeds (just like the Shellybeans do) and he calls himself Seedos. Stardos hasn’t been seen since he went into the jungle but a weird new character now hands around the garden. He’s known as Dastardos and he’s creepy, but sometimes he reminds me of someone I used to know. Mother hasn’t returned to Piñata Island. She must be having quite an adventure! And now we’re back to where you came in.