Wheelbarrow Logic

Terence shines the torch on the ground.

Stones everywhere.

How will we know which one is Roy's? asks Greedy.

It might have his name on, says Terence.

Stones don't have people's names on, says Freddy.

Sometimes they do, says the Kroombit tinker. When they've died.

And Roy died, says Greedy.

Before or after? asks Freddy.

After what? asks the Kroombit tinker.

He lost the stone, says Freddy.

That's the question, says the Kroombit tinker.

They keep searching. Name or no name, it will still be a stone.

Freddy and Greedy are searching with Terence, of necessity, as they do not have legs.

Terence is having trouble controlling the torch.

I'll put you down for a second, says Terence.

He puts the torch down first. Then he pulls Greedy off his hand and drops her, after which he drops Freddy.

Ow! says Freddy.

He has dropped Freddy on a stone.

I bet this is Roy's stone, says Freddy. 

Terence shines the torch on the stone.

Yes, it looks like Roy's stone, says Terence. 

Freddy rolls off.

Terence picks up the stone.

Wait, says the Kroombit tinker, I've been thinking.

Me too, says Terence. What?

Roy lost the stone before he wrote the letter, says the Kroombit tinker.

So what? says Terence.

So he didn't lose it here, says the Kroombit tinker.

You are a genius! says Greedy. 

It's just simple logic, says the Kroombit tinker. Is it what you were thinking, Terence?

Er, yes, says Terence.

It was not actually quite what he was thinking.

He was thinking he needed a wheelbarrow for all the things he was expected to carry.

But it was simple logic, so it was close.