Long Live The Pebbles - Part Four - Conclusion

     "Oh, if only they'd stop talking about me," bewailed Charmaine one day when she could stand it no more.  She didn't say anything mean about Charles.  That wouldn't have been the right thing to do.
     If Charles had stopped spreading rumours and been sorry for what he'd done, he would have been a good pebble again, but he didn't.  He then started rumours about other kind pebbles.
     Charmaine just kept being kind and good and singing her song and gradually the rumours went away.  The wind sang his song, and the pebbles listened, in a pebbley sort of way. 
     Charles wasn't too popular for a while and went away to a dark place in the middle of the lake.
     Everyone loved Charmaine again and the story ended happily with everyone singing in harmony as the lake lapped onto the shore.

THE END