On the hunt.........

Stephanotis had been on the hunt for a good plastic bag for several months. Humans were always leaving things lying about - mostly when they didn't want them anymore. In fact a lot of  Stephanotis's daily meanders could be taken up with beautifying and disguising human's left overs. Only last week he had spent days encouraging brambles to grow over an old refrigerator that a human had left by the side of the road. He felt rather pleased with his handiwork and rather chirpy about how covered over it would be within a few months - 'at least no-one will be damaged by it now' he thought, but it was on his list of things to watch over as all gnomes know to be worried about machines as they decay. 'Thank Goodness for brambles' he thought 'perhaps a wild rose would be good as well and then we can look forward to lovely rose hips for the winter'. As you know Stephanotis has a bit of a sweet tooth and rose hip syrup was one of his favourites.

'Now what we want is a quite firm and smooth bag with long handles for the poles' he thought 'nothing too flimsy'. You see Stephanotis was on hunt for a bag that could be made into the marquee or prize giving pavilion for The Mid Summer Revels. This was a special mission that he had been charged with for the last few years, and he wanted to go one better than the red and white stripe bag he had found the previous year and find something striking that would cause a sensation. Stephanotis knew that having the right height for the marquee was of supreme importance, but he also wanted something that gave a special atmosphere to the day. Archibold would help him with the making of it and Horatio and Lupin would be back from work experience at the garden centre, so with all their skills so he was confident of making an exceptional centre piece for the day.