Lemy and Rascal hid quietly behind the train engine -
they were both afraid of what they had seen.
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The creature that had made that hole in the
ground, was obviously large and scary.
"Why do these things always happen to us??!!…"
wailed Lemy in a very
upset voice.
(That's because we want
to keep the story interesting, Lemy) |
"WHO SAID THAT!!!"
whispered Lemy, looking around fearfully. It was that strange voice in his head again.
"Oh don't
be such a panicky lemur," said Rascal knowingly.
"That's just the voice of the editor...in your head.
He's telling the story afterall....anyway, let's
just worry about what's going to come out of that
hole shall we?" said Rascal reassuringly.
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| The two of them focused* (1) their attention on the hole,
and soon saw something emerging from the ground. It
had long hairy legs, and was making a low growling
sound as it came into view.
"I
think I'm going to faint..." said Lemy weakly.
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"Don't you dare faint on me, Lemy" said Rascal
sternly
He was just as frightened and worried as Lemy was, but
he didn't want to show it.
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Lemy made an extra special effort, to NOT
faint. He stood quietly with Rascal behind the train's
engine area. As the creature slowly emerged from the
darkness of the hole, it was quite obvious* (2) that
it was not very happy to be in a bright area.
With its eyes half shut, the creature tried to use
its sense of smell to track down the lemur and raccoon.
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"Don't make a sound, Lemy" whispered Rascal. "It
can't see us because the sun's shining too brightly.
Maybe we can pretend to not be here, and it
may just go back into the hole..." |
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Lemy whispered back. "I don't think I can
keep quiet...because I'm going to....I'm going to....ahhh....
 AHHHH.....AHHHH...CHOOOOOO!!!
Lemy had
released the biggest sneeze of his life, and he
was quite proud of it....until he realised what
he had done. The creature was facing him directly.
THEN, the
lemur fainted.
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"Oh No...." said
Rascal, as the creature headed towards them. He
quickly grabbed Lemy's legs and dragged him away from
the train, trying to wake his friend up. The creature
was already about to climb into the train's cabin* (3)
"Lemy!! Wake up..."
shouted Rascal, even though he knew that the creature
was nearby.
Lemy woke up quickly,
and together with Rascal, got ready to scramble back along
the tracks to where they had come from.
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The
spider-like creature heard Rascal's shout, and headed
their way, but it just couldn't stand the heat from
the direct sunlight.
"Look Rascal,
"said Lemy. "That thing seems to be trying to avoid
the sun for some reason."
"Maybe, it's
one of those nocturnal* (4) types that just can't
stand the brightness of light." reasoned Rascal.
"And that means we're quite safe from it because
it must return to its darkness soon!"
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Rascal of course, was quite correct. The creature
continued to stumble around for a while, but eventually
gave up because the heat was far too strong for it.
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With a loud roar of rage, the creature headed
back to the deep hole, and crawled down the dark tunnel. |
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| "Hooray!! We're safe..." they shouted
gleefully. But their joy and relief didn't last very long.
The creature came out of the hole again....this time though,
it was wearing.......??????? |
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AND THAT, IS THE
END OF PART 3, CLICK
HERE FOR PART 4
Some new words to learn this week:
(*1) focused - to concentrate on something or in this case, to look for a long
time only at one spot.
(*2) obvious - when something is quite clear, we say that it's
"obvious". For example, if we see a cat, we can say that it is "obviously
a cat and not a mouse" (or a Lemur  and
not a Raccoon)
(*3) cabin - in this story, the cabin refers to the front part of the steam
train where the engine is. It is the place a sound that is low,
in this case, more like the growl of a bear or something as big.
(*4) nocturnal - something (an animal, bird or insect for example)
that prefers the dark or that can only go about in the dark.
Copyright
notice: Lemy & Rascal are part of the SuperTrain collection of stories,
and the property of Alexander Choong & Aloysius Choong. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express
written permission from the authors is prohibited. Email:lemy_rascal@yahoo.com
for further information. Big Bugs - copyright Oct 1999
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