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The Shadow Over the Meadow

Nobody likes Sammy's noise — until the day the noise saves them.

Sammy Jay of The Tall Pine

The episode is in the paint shop

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The story

  1. The forest complains: Sammy is simply too loud.
  2. Hurt, he promises to stay silent for one whole day.
  3. Midday, a hawk's shadow slides across the Green Meadow.
  4. Peter is out in the open and hasn't seen it.
  5. Sammy breaks his promise with the loudest scream of his life.
  6. Peter reaches the briars. Nobody ever complains again.

What We Learned

The thing that annoys you about a friend is sometimes the very best thing about them.

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