Caring for them should be a pleasant task, but a review of some vital points might make things easier.
It was not a pleasant task, but it had to be done.
My pleasant task now is to show you to your quarters.
This has not been a pleasant task, but it is based on fact.
He examined her in his turn, and found the examination a pleasant enough task.
It was not a pleasant task, but he did not focus on that.
It was not a pleasant task, but someone had to do it.
He had nearly completed the pleasant task when his face suddenly filled with an expression of disgust.
"It would seem to be a pleasant enough task."
That, at least, was an easy and pleasant task.