Fruit harvest with Paul and his friends
Shortly afterwards Paul's friends arrive and everyone goes out into the large orchard behind the house. There a small black raven is perched high up in a plum tree and is just picking a plum with its beak, enjoying it. "Mmm, tasty!", croaks the raven. "These plums are particularly sweet and juicy." But when he spots Paul and the others, he hurriedly flies away — as fast as a raven can fly when its belly is full of ripe fruit. While Paul's parents climb up into the treetops with buckets and ladders and pick the delicious fruit, Paul, Kira and Hugo gather the fruits from the ground that have freshly fallen from the trees.
Surprisingly, around midday the flying mice also drop by to help with the fruit harvest. With their airplane they fly all the way up into the treetops — to places Paul's parents can't reach with a ladder — and, in passing, pick a few apples, pears and plums. Afterwards they swoop low over the ground and let the fruits plop into the baskets. "Thank you very much for your help," Paul calls to the mice as after a while they bank their airplane and disappear on the horizon. And the brave parachuting frog also makes a brief appearance in the orchard to help. He hops quickly from branch to branch with big leaps until he reaches high up in the plum tree. There he picks as many fruits as he can hold in his small hands and then sails back down to the ground with his parachute.
Harvest Thanksgiving Festival
By noon almost all the trees have already been stripped and the large fruit baskets on the ground are bulging full. "Now it's high time for a little break!", calls Paul's mum as she sets the table in the garden. "Who would like crispy apple crumble with whipped cream?" "Me — me — me too," everyone cries excitedly. Each person also gets a large cup of juice spritzer.
When the plates are finally cleaned to the last crumb, everyone gets back to work. Soon it's done! "As a reward I have something special for you this afternoon," announces Paul's mum with a smile. "There will be homemade fruit-yogurt ice cream!" Once again great cheers break out among the hardworking fruit pickers. Because with the prospect of a cool refreshment the fruit harvest goes even faster.
