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“I’d like that,” said Rattles. “Imagine a five-star restaurant where we could eat
tasty little insects all day long. Except for mosquitoes, of course!” he added,
glancing quickly at Munchy.

Munchy laughed. “I’d like a soda fountain where we garden creatures could
order sugar-water shakes and other yummy treats!” she chimed.

“I’d like a park,” said Wiggly. “A beautiful park with a maze of fun tunnels to
wiggle through.”
Munchy’s eyes lit up. “Oh, that would be so much fun! What would you like,
Snarky?”

Snarky rolled his eyes. “That’s all fool’s talk,” he replied. “Garden folk like us
can’t have towns, no matter how badly we want them.”

Wiggly sighed. “But if we could have a town, what would you want in it?” he
pressed.

“A store, I suppose,” Snarky answered after a moment. “A store where I could
sell pretty pebbles to customers.” Everyone knew that Snarky’s favorite hobby
was collecting shiny pebbles.

“That’s a great idea!” Wiggly told him. He sighed again. All of his friends had
had great ideas. “There has to be some way…” he began slowly.

“To build a town?” asked Munchy, finishing his thought.

Wiggly grinned at her. “Exactly! We, the creatures of the garden, are going to
build a town!” he declared suddenly.

Snarky rolled his eyes and muttered some comment about how impossible
that was going to be, but no one paid attention. They were determined to fol-
low through with Wiggly’s plan.

And so they did. Over the next several weeks, the garden friends collected
trash that they found lying around—from soda cans that had tumbled out of
the recycling bin, to a weather-beaten cardboard box, to an old baseball cap
that was the perfect size for a mosquito-sized soda fountain.

The friends used this junk to construct tiny buildings. They decorated their
new business with colorful leaves and flower petals, and they used rocks and
pebbles for tables and chairs. Wiggly worked hard at making tunnels in the
dirt for his new park, and even Snarky caught on to the enthusiasm and col-
lected shiny pebbles for his shop.

By the time they were finished, Garden Town had come to be—a tiny town
with a soda fountain, a park, a restaurant, and a pebble shop. Wiggly Worm
and his friends had proved that, with a little hard work and determination, it’s
possible to make your dreams come true!

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