Officer Moss
The patient moose with a practical answer.
Officer Moss likes simple rules and clear directions. His calm advice has a habit of sending his friends on unexpected adventures.
The most orderly picnic
Officer Moss organized a picnic in the park. He drew a map of the blankets, assigned a place to every sandwich and put a small sign beside the lemonade: QUEUE HERE. His friends arrived and immediately sat somewhere else.
Moss gently moved the sandwiches back into order. A breeze blew the map into a pond. Pip and Pop chased it; Felix chased Pip and Pop. Soon the lemonade queue was a circle and nobody knew where it began.
Moss took a breath. Then he sat on the grass beside the nearest blanket and passed the sandwiches around. Everyone ate, laughed and shared the last slice of cake.
When they packed up, a duck waddled over and stood exactly where the queue sign pointed. Moss smiled. “At least somebody read the instructions.” He gave the duck a crumb, then remembered the sign said no feeding birds.