Keeper of the lower meadow
Gnomeow
Night shift, crooked staff, no interest in castles.
Patrol Particulars
Six details remain consistent, even when the patrol report does not.
Ticker
$GNOME
Post
Lower Meadow
Tool
Crooked oak staff
Shift
Sunset to moonrise
Toll
One field mouse
Enemy
Unscheduled sprinklers
Evening Route
Gnomeow follows the same route nightly, mainly because changing direction requires a meeting.
- Supper
Leaves the cottage after the last crumb disappears.
- Bridge
Checks warm stones for mice and loose tolls.
- Fork
Ignores the castle road, exactly as instructed.
- Meadow
Collects one daisy for the morning paperwork.
- Dawn
Returns before dew reaches the sleeves.
Working Method
Blue eyes handle distance. The hat handles authority. The staff handles steep ground and awkward conversations. Beneath all three sits a cat in a green tunic, taking a small evening job much more seriously than the castle does.
Gnomeow keeps the meadow mostly accounted for.