Lupin and Horatio were longing for The Midsummer Revels - to be home with their friends and family - to be free gnomes out and about on their own business and most of all to able to dance and play whenever they wanted. Working at the Garden Centre was all very well and an essential part of a modern gnomes work experience, but it was very hard on the feet and more than a little dampening of their spirits. Their Mother (Hortensia) sent frequent packages with new socks and treats and though they were exceedingly grateful for the socks, the treats made them feel rather homesick.
Horatio had had a brilliant idea to cheer them up and he and Lupin had spent a good part of the warm Spring evenings (once the Garden Centre was closed) practicing their jigs and reels so that they would be on tip top form for the Midsummer Dance. It had meant going through more pairs of socks but was worth it as they both felt restored in body and spirit.
Lupin had taken a bit of a fancy to the human's motorbikes that he had seen in the car park and was very taken with the idea of making one out of all the bits of scrap - old tins etc - that he had stashed away at home, he knew he needed Horatio's help but Horatio was feeling gloomy at the very idea of a replica of a noisy human type machine and had refused to get excited or even offer to help. Things were a little frosty between the brothers for an hour or two but after another evening practicing a wild jig, they found themselves restored to their usual good humour.
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