A Well-Deserved Rest

This morning I was working in a sunny part of the garden and Rufus was trotting along, sniffing here and there.
Some of the brothers were walking around the garden, thinking about important things. The bees were buzzing in the flowers and a gentle breeze was swaying the grass.
I was looking up at an apple tree, asking myself when the fruit would be ready as it was getting pink on one side. That is a good sign usually..

When suddenly...'Woof! Woof!' Rufus darted off across the vegetable patch, weaving between the cabbages. He had seen something and now he was chasing it. What was it?
The brothers slowed down and looked over at us. They did not look happy. In fact they looked quite cross and as if they would rather not share their garden with a noisy dog!
(Sometimes they forget that without me and Rufus, they would not have anything to eat!)

Meanwhile Rufus had stopped right next to a large cabbage which had holes in the leaves. When I looked more closely do you know what I saw? About twenty or more green and yellow hairy caterpillars munching away on my cabbage!
In the distance two white butterflies were dancing away towards another cabbage to lay their eggs. That is what Rufus had been doing - chasing away the butterflies to try and stop them destroying our crop.

So that is why we went to sleep in the afternoon. It was warm and we had had a very nice lunch of bread and cheese and blackberry pie made by Brother Barnabas who was pleased we had saved all the cabbages.Can you see what is in my basket?