Bop-A-Loo-Bop

 I think that will do for now, says Gaius. Will you be staying?

Yes, says the Kroombit tinker. I promised to speak to the pobblebonk.

Of course, says Gaius. Do ask him to stop following me.

Haven't you asked him already? asks the Kroombit tinker.

I have, says Gaius. But it might be better coming from a fellow amphibian.

I can but try, says the Kroombit tinker. What say I sweeten the message?

Whatever works, says Gaius.

The Kroombit tinker hops back to Terence's tent and stops at the mesh inner door.

Yoo-hoo! calls the Kroombit tinker.

Bonk-bonk! comes from deep within.

Come in Kroomy, says Terence. I'm saving the pobblebonk.

I know, says the Kroombit tinker. I've come to speak to him. May I?

Okay, says Terence. He's listening.

Bonk-bonk! says the pobblebonk, to prove that he is.

Where is he exactly? asks the Kroombit tinker.

At the feet end with Freddy, says Terence.

Isn't it a bit warm there for Freddy? asks the Kroombit tinker. 

Bumhole! says Terence. I'll go down to the feet end and see.

Terence crawls head first down to the feet end.

It's warm down there, at the feet end.

He grasps Freddy.

The Kroombit tinker was right! 

Terence's fingers are making finger dents in Freddy's soft body.

Get me out of here! mutters Freddy.

Terence wriggles out of his tent, backwards, still grasping Freddy.

The Kroombit tinker goes in.

Bonk-bonk!

She makes her way to the feet end.

Didn't you promise to stop doing bonk-bonks? asks the Kroombit tinker.

I thought it would be all right in here, says the pobblebonk.

Well, it isn't, says the Kroombit tinker. We can hear you outside.

I'll stop, says the pobblebonk. But I'm not going.

That's why I'm here, says the Kroombit tinker. You don't have to go yet.

Yet? says the pobblebonk.

We're having a singalong, says the Kroombit tinker, and you're invited. I guess you like singing?

Bonk...I mean, yes, says the pobblebonk.

What's your favourite song? asks the Kroombit tinker. We could all sing it.

A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! says the pobblebonk.

Early rock 'n roll! says the Kroombit tinker. That doesn't surprise me. Do you know The Long and Winding Road? 

I love that one, says the pobblebonk.

We'll sing that too, says the Kroombit tinker. After which you may go with our blessing.

The pobblebonk thinks that a singalong sounds kind of tempting.