Prologue

Before I begin with the story everyone has been highly anticipating, I must first clarify what happened to our wandering friends Mr. Burton and Ezz, and our equally lost stick and leaf, Xylem and Phloem. It turns out that the latter two have been floating down that same stream for sometime, and have come to rest in the calm waters of a local pond.
As for Mr. Burton and Ezz, they have been page-surfing for the past several days. After running across that T-rex, they had to make a break for it. Naturally, the meat-eater pursued them as they made their way onto another page, this one being the home of not just a few "Sims," as they are called, who were in the process of having a pool party. I include no pictures of this for two reasons: 1) I cannot draw Sims (partially because of their 3-D format, and partially because they are not mine to draw), and 2) It almost goes without saying that the T-rex terrorized the scene, and I prefer to keep things rather G-rated. (But don't worry. No one was injured...severly, at least.). So upon realizing they were free of the T-rex (since it was, for the moment, occupied by the running and screaming of simulated humans), Mr. Burton and Ezz wandered onto yet another page which held a large pile of free grapefruits (a few of the fruits were smushed from the weight of the up-turned page). Mr. Burton and Ezz were highly thrilled at the sight of grapefruits, the former having a severe love for the sour delicacy, the latter deriving excitement from his stick-companion's enthusiasm (having no idea at all what a "grapefruit" was). And so, I will end this prologue with what it was Mr. Burton said upon entering the Grapefruit Page,
"We have discovered a paradise, Zoloportico Falagon, and it is ours to enjoy and share! We dare not keep the fruits of joy to ourselves!"