The peach flew high up to the skies.Everyone was excited about reaching New York,but there was one thing they didn't think about before they took off.Food.Nobody seemed to care,but after an hour,Centipede started to complain.
"Want food.Food,"Centipede said,rubbing his stomach after hearing it growl.
Luna,who's stomach was growling too but she didn't care turned to look at him.She wanted to tell him that they could go for days on end without food,but she forgot that they weren't wolves like her.She turned back to the scenery before her and didn't turn around to look at Centipede again.Centipede looked around for food and looked at his cigar.He took a bite of it and swallowed it.
"That's bad for you,you know,"Luna said not turning around to look at him.
"You sure you know where we're going?I don't see how you can navigate without a compass,"Mr.Grasshopper said.
For a moument there,he changed from bug to wine and cheese.Centipede quickly rubbed his eyes and looked at Earthworm.
"It's very hot up here.I'm roasted,"he said.
He too had changed.From worm to a hotdog.Centipede shook his head and looked over a Luna.She too had changed.She changed from wolf into a roasted pig with an apple in it's mouth.He licked his lips and quickly shook his head to clear the thought of eating her.He looked up at the seagulls and saw one turn into a roasted chicken.He started panting.He looked around to make sure no one was watching and when he made sure he wasn't being watched,he pulled on the string that brought the seagull down.Before he took a bite of the bird,Mrs.Ladybug hit him on the head with her purse.
"Unhand that bird!"she yelled.
The seagull bit and pulled on Centipede's nose.When the bird let go of his nose,he could feel his mouth go dry.
"But I'm dying of hunger!"Centipede whined.
"I promised myself I wouldn't say it,but your whining isn't helping.WE CAN GO FOR DAYS ON END WITHOUT FOOD!Do you hear me?!"Luna yelled.
"It's okay Luna.He's just hungery.He can't help it.Oh!Perhaps I have a bit of soda bread in here somewhere,"Mrs.Ladybug said while digging through her purse.
Mr.Grasshopper twitched his antennas,"Food?"
"It's not much,but it's...,"Mrs.Ladybug was stopped by Mr.Grasshopper.
Centipede was about to take the piece of bread,but....
"Not so fast!"Mr.Grasshopper yelled.He took the piece of bread.
"Hey!"Centipede yelled.
"You?"Mrs.Ladybug asked.
"I need this food!"Mr.Grasshopper said taking a bite of the bread,"I have a much higher metabolism,"
"BITE ME!"Centipede yelled.
Centipede then jumped at Mr.Grasshopper and started to wrestle him for the piece of bread.
"Have you two gone mad?"Mrs.Ladybug asked.
"Will you two stop fighting already?!At least share it with the rest of us!Expect for me though.I'm good,"Luna said.
The fight attracted the rest of the group.Ms.Spider came up to the top of the peach,Earthworm started to drool while watching the food be tossed around and James,who was sitting on the piece of fence stuck in the peach stood up to see what was going on.
"LET GO OF IT GRAMPS!GIVE IT!GIVE IT TO ME!"Centipede yelled.
"Let go of my coat!"Mr.Grasshopper yelled.
"GIVE IT TO ME!"
"OW!My lower thorax!"
"I'LL RIP YOU APART!"
"I tell you,it's mine!"
"GIVE...IT...BACK!"Centipede yelled trying to grab the piece of food with his pinchers,but it missed and he knocked it out of Mr.Grasshopper's hand.
They both watched as the piece of food bounced off the peach and fell off the peach.Both Centipede and Mr.Grasshopper turned toward eachother and growled.
"NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"they both yelled.
They started wrestly again and started to choke one another and threw eachother around.
"We're going to starve.Waste away.And not quickly!"Earthworm whined.
James looked down at the peach and smiled a bit.He had a idea.Luna,who noticed his expression walked up to him.
"What are you thinking about James?"she asked.
"I have an idea!"James said.
"And what might that be?"
"Wait and see,"James said.
"Oh no!That would be the easy way out.We'll linger.Sadly.Miserably.Painfully,"Earthworm contiuned to whine.
"Nobody's going to starve!"James laughed.
The fight between Centipede and Mr.Grasshopper stopped and Earthworm stopped his whining.
"Don't you see?We have enough food here for five voyages,"James said climbing down into the peach.
"Food?Where?What are you talking about?"Centipede kept asking.
"Is there really food?"Mr.Grasshopper asked.
"Where is the food James?"Luna asked.
"Our whole ship is made of food,"James said holding a pile of peach.
"Oh,such a clever little boy,"Mrs.Ladybug said taking a piece.
Mr.Grasshopper took a piece and Centipede took what was left,which was the entire pile of peach.He took a huge bite of his piece.
"Takes after me,"Centipede said with his mouth full.
Ms.Spider snatched what was left of his piece,"After you,there is nothing left to take,"
Mr.Grasshopper started to eat the pieces that were left of his off of his coat,"It's delectable,"
"Better than aphibs,"Mrs.Ladybug said taking a bite of her piece.
"Better than ladybugs,"Ms.Spider said about to take another bite of her's.
"WHAT?!"Mrs.Ladybug asked shocked.
"Excuse,"Ms.Spider said.
James noticed that Luna didn't get any.He scooped a piece of peach and gave it to her.
"Here you go Luna.Take it,"he said.
Luna looked down at the food and then looked back at James.
"I know your hungery.Go on.It's okay.Eat it,"James said.
Luna could hear her stomach growl.She tried to hide the fact that she WAS hungery,but she couldn't fool James.She leaned down and took a bite of the peach.She chewed it up and swallowed it.She broke into a grin and finished her piece of the peach.
"This is better then squarrils and rabbits,"Luna said.
"It's not dirt,"Earthworm said taking a bite of his piece,"But it's not bad,"
"Not bad.It's the best thing I've ever tasted and I have tasted a lot,"Centipede said jumping back into the peach followed by the others.
They started to get set up for dinner.They found a tablecloth,a bucket which they used for a table and plates.Centipede and James went up to the wall of the peach and got some peach.James gave Centipede the pile of peach and Centipede broke into a song.
"I've eaten many strange and scrumptious dishes in my time.Like chili bugs and curried slugs and earwigs cooked in slime.And mice with rice is very nice when they're roasted in their prime,but don't forget to sprinkle them with just a pinch of grime,"Centipede sang.He spung the pile of peach around on a plate and cut it up into slices.
Everyone took a slice and started to eat while Centipede contiuned to sing.
"I'm crazy about mosquitos on a piece of butter toast and pickle spines of porcupines and a great big roast and dragon's flesh quite old not fresh.It costs a bucket at most,"Centipede sand while handing Gloworm her slice of peach.
"Does it come with gravy?"Gloworm asked.
"It comes to you in barrels if you order it by post,"Centipede sang while trying to give Ms.Spider a slice that was actually one he carved into a flower.
She took it,but he got slapped for it.James,Luna and the others started to circle around the bucket and bow to eachother.Suddenly a giant sphere of peach came rolling down the tunnels and ladders inside the peach.Everyone quickly turned the bucket over before the sphere hit the ground.
"It comes to you in barrels if you order it by post,"everyone then decided to join in the song.
"For dinner on my birthday,"Mr.grasshopper sang,"Shall I tell you what I chose?Hot noodles made of poodles on a slice of garden hose and a rather smelly jelly made of armadillos toes.The jelly is delicious,but you have to hold your noise,"
Mr.Grasshopper started to smash the peach that landed in the bucket.Mrs.Ladybug grabbed some glasses out of her purse and started to fill it up with the smashed peach.
"I crave the tasty tentacles of octopi for tea.I like hot dogs,but I love hot frogs and surely you'll agree.A plate of soil with engine oil is a super recipe.I hardly need to mention that it's practically free,"Mrs.Ladybug sang.
"We hardly need to mention that it's practically free!"everyone sang.
Centipede then showed up carrying a huge piece of peach.Bigger than the one that landed in the bucket.
"Now comes my fellow travelers the burden of my speech,"he began.
"YOU SHOW OFF!"Ms.Spider yelled at him.
"These foods are rare beyond compare and some right out of reach,"Centipede let the piece of peach go and it landed on James,Luna and the others expect Ms.Spider.
"Nice aim,Commodore,"Ms.Spider tessed.
"But there's no doubt I'd go without a million plates of each,"he contiuned.
He got close to Ms.Spider's face that got her angry.
"Out of my FACE!"she hissed throwing her drink at him.
"For one small mite...,"he started.
Mrs.Ladybug and Earthworm popped out of the pile of peach on the floor,"One small mite,"
"One tiny bite...,"Centipede sang.
James,Luna and Mr.Grasshopper popped out of the peach pile,"Tiny bite of this....!"
Everyone expect Ms.Spider joined in as Centipede turned the knob on the top of the pipe Ms.Spider was hiding in.
"Fantastic.....,"they all sang.Ms.Spider was then sliding out of the pipe thanks to a river of peach flowing through the pipe,"PEACH!!!"
Everyone started a snowball fight,but with the peach that was on the floor.Ms.Spider pointed at Centipede and everyone threw a songball at him.They managed to hit him and knock him off of the pipe.Everyone was now in the snowball fight.The song ended with one last line.
"This fantastic peach!"
More coming soon!!!
