Learning to harvest blackberries

Feather teaches the youngsters 
to harvest blackberries




Come along youngsters, Watch where you step, there are thorns!    

Ice! Come back here!

No Rock, don’t eat the ones on the ground, they have worms in them.

Now. See the blackberries? Anyone want to try get one? No? Good, because today you are going to learn how to harvest them without getting thorns in your paws. Ok. See this bark on the ground? Good. Now Crow, Ice, each of you grab a piece and place it on this low branch like this, covering the thorns. Now push down. Yes that’s it, now Rock, Leaf, reach up like this and each of you grab hold of the base of a blackberry with your teeth. Now pull! Keep pulling!

No! Crow, Ice, Don’t let go of the bark! Now look what you’ve done?! Leaf, good job for letting go of your berry when you felt the branch go up.

Rock? Are you ok up there? Hang on, i’ll just push the bark back down… Hff… Puffhh.. Wow! Rock, you got one! Who wants to have a bite?

Leaf don’t look at me like that! These are berries- Not rat poop!