Storkos Storybook Notes

Chapter 5

In the old days, I was an expert romance dancer. Mother was caught by surprise and my second daughter was born at sea. Mother named her after the migrating Storks that followed the ship. Little Storkos spent all her early years on the ships with Mother. She was taught how to read by sailors and the comic books they collected. She grew up running around the decks pretending to have super powers. In the old days the Piñata had to fetch their own eggs from Egg Mountain. Lots of eggs were broken before the parents could roll them home. Piñata Central needed more piñatas to fill all the party requests and all the gardens (even mine) couldn’t romance the piñatas fast enough. When Mother’s ship docked, Storkos came to the garden. She played and worked in the garden with Leafos and Stardos until one day Storkos went missing. We called for her but she didn’t show up until two Bunnycombs had done their romance dance.. Swooping down from Egg Mountain with her cloak flapping behind her, Storkos flew into the garden and gently dropped off the Bunnycomb egg safe and sound into the garden. Overnight the piñata romance dance problem was solved. Every piñata knew that its egg would be delivered safely. Storkos had become Piñata Island’s very own superhero.

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.