Helpful Tartok

Today we travel across the valley to hu-grandmom’s house to check in on helpful Tartok, who is always working.

monitors grilling

As supervisor to the chef, Tartok closely monitors all grilling activity.

ensuring air quality

As the official breeze tester, he ensures that the air flowing onto the screened porch is suitable.

wall support

As Chief Engineer, he tests all walls for proper support.

unwanted reading materials

As Head of Recycling, he removes all unwanted reading materials and stores them in his outside cave. He and hu-grandmom disagree on the definition of unwanted, but he defines it as “left within his reach.”

2 Comments

  1. Charlotte D Anderson on July 30, 2014 at 10:43 am

    Tartok has a cave?? Tell us more.

  2. Sam on July 29, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    Hmmm… He and Harlow must have talked about that whole unwanted thing…

    Monty and Harlow

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