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Morning brought the peace of a warm sunny day to the small town of Tributary; such a contrast to the violent events of the day before, still there was a sense of mourning in the air. The town folk spent much of the day recovering lost property. Everyone felt fortunate to have found their missing belongings. Everyone except Corvida Bratleigh! Rather than being thankful her playhouse was undamaged by the tornado, Corvida was angry that her playhouse was in Nikki Fernandez’s garden! The playhouse was hers, not Nikki’s and she was going to make sure that Nikki did not step one foot in her lovely little house.
Corvida stomped down the dirt path next to Maple Crescent Brook, muttering under her breath, “How dare that Nikki Fernandez take my playhouse. The only way this could be worse is if it had landed in Megan Fayreweather’s back yard! Nikki better not even look at my—”
Something caught Corvida Bratleigh’s attention as she trudged down the dirt path behind the Linden Lane houses. Walking slowly towards her, in one of the gardens, was a group of people in some kind of protective clothing. Their heads and whole bodies covered by white protective suits. The suits looked like the kinds you saw people wear on television when there had been some kind of terrible disease outbreak or chemical contamination. Corvida froze in her tracks and her mind began to race.
Trying to make sense of what was happening she began to talk to herself, “Whose garden is this?
“The Fayreweather’s! I knew they were up to no good. What have they done?”
Suddenly it all became clear to Corvida. “This has something to do with those experiments they were doing in their garden—
“With those genetically modified seeds!” Corvida’s whole body grew stiff. She leaned clos...

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...beekeeper in one of my books. We can also arrange for the safe return of your playhouse,” Nikki suggested.
Corvida agreed to go inside. Perhaps this could help relations between Corvida Bratleigh, Jessie and Megan Fayreweather and Hannah Alexander. Nikki never really understood why Megan and Corvida were such enemies. Maybe this was the first step towards new friendships.
Nikki told Corvida the story of the mysterious house that dropped in the Fayreweather garden and showed her the picture of a beekeeper in a bee suit. While Corvida did admit the suit was similar to the one’s she had seen in the Fayreweather’s garden, she still was not completely convinced. Corvida tried to tell herself that Nikki was probably right. Nikkipedia was always right so she should not worry, but deep down Corvida could not shake the feeling of dread. The feeling they were all in danger.