“SHUSH!” interrupted Knicky-Knacky.  In the stillness, the buzzing of the glow-bees could be heard as they delivered honey to the lamps and wax to the candles – there was also a faint noise coming from somewhere outside of the den!

“What’s that noise?” whispered Teabags.  High in the Knick-Knack Tree’s trunk they could hear the sound of scratching on the den’s front door.  In a flickety-tick, Knicky-Knacky was gone!

“Ta’wit-ta’whoo!” he shouted, disappearing up a set of spiralling steps, into the hollow of the trunk.

“It’s Ta’wit-ta’whoo! It must be!”

He returned in no time at all, followed closely by a brown-feathered owl.  To Willey it looked a little scary, as of course, thanks to the Sizing Stone, he was now a little smaller than the owl.

 “Ta’wit-ta’whoo,” said the owl, discarding the chewed remains of a sprig of thorns onto the open fire.

The thorns just hissed and spat as they crawled up the chimney.

“I bring you important information,” hooted the owl, “but I cannot stop for long, as the thorns will soon be after me.”

Ta’wit-ta’whoo lifted her wing and to Willey’s complete surprise, there was the Orange Envelope hidden beneath it!

The envelope read out its letter.  It knew exactly what was in it so didn’t even bother to open it.