A loud crashing through the nearby bushes sent Mama into the nearest hollow tree. The kids and Papa followed in a straight line right behind her. As the crashing sound came closer to the tree, Papa peered out the opening and the kids huddled together in the back.
In the dark of the tree hollow, the kids and Mama could just make out a pair of eyes. She could see that those eyes were just as scared as her family.
"Don't be afraid.", Mama said in her best soothing voice. "We would not hurt you."
"You are a strange looking bee.", said Bernie.
"We are not a bee." "We are Sparkles and these are my BabySparkles.", smiled Mama moonlight. "We come from that big light you see in the night sky."
"Oh, the moon?", said Bernie. "You must be tired." "That looks so far away."
"We didn't fly that whole way.", laughed Mama, "We took a ride on a really large creature."
Another large crash and the whole tree shook. The BabySparkles were really scared now.
"Don't worry.", smiled Bernie. "That is just SparkleBerry the bear coming to get some honey." I will fly out and tell him to be more careful." With that he left their tree with a strange buzzing sound. After he left, Papa came over to Mama. This looks like a safe place to stay for a while. Why don't we make a place for the children to sleep. So, Mama set about making a home.
