Stop the Burl Snatchers

By Garry Bishop

Ranger Rick, Scarlett, and Boomer are asleep in a California redwood forest when the sound of chainsaws wakes them. Two men want to steal a growth called a burl from a redwood tree. Boomer alerts park rangers by text. Then he distracts the men, while Rick and Scarlett try to hide their saws. But the men turn back.

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