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It was getting
much brighter on up ahead and there weren’t
any more rooms on the side walls. They … ka
clomped … on up into bright sunlight shining
through a crevice in the wall. Next to the
crevice there stood three white rock statues,
about dwarf or Julio size. On the statues was
full body armour, now rusted from time without
end passing over them, along with the salty
sea breeze that both G & J could now visibly
see and feel on their arms.
Julio excitedly jumped down from Pepper and beamingly
picked up a small sword off the floor. "Looky
here Granma, a sword! You said I could take one
if it was on the ground," shouts the Hoo-man. "Well,
and so I did," says G. "It’s yours!" And
darn if it wasn’t a nice one, once they got it
somewhat cleaned up, but that’s for later. Julio
got into the part rather quickly, knighting Pepper
on the shoulders and telling her to bow down.
She did and he was up again. But what for, he
didn’t know. There didn’t seem to be a way out
of the wall. So Julio sat there on Pepper, mail
shirt on, shield on his back and holding his
sword. He looked just like a little drawf thought
Granma. Then he put the sword in a basket for
safe keeping; it might be sharp and dangerous
to carry around he said. Julio was beaming with
his treasures, and looked quite knightly with
the shield flopped over his back.
"Shhhssshhh . . ." said G. "I hear
something." "Me too," whispers Hoo. "Let’s
get off and have a look out that crack." says
J. "Bravo! Good idea!" says G. "Will
you, oh, most noble and royal knight, just touch
my horse here so she will bow down for me to get
off," laughed G. Julio was glad to, and got
his sword out most swiftly. Mober bowed like a good
princess horse and G & J were both on the ground
in seconds with their eyeballs glued to the crack
in the wall and their noses sticking out of it.
"I hear the ocean!" flabbergasts G. "Me
too," says Hoo, " and I can smell it ….
salty." "Well, how are we gonna get out
this little crack," asks G. "I’m too fat,
you’re too fat, the horses are WAY too fat." "What
about the da Muff?" asks J. "HHHMMM …" ponders
G. "She is rather skinny now from eating only
peppermint, papaya & avacado peelings. Maybe
we can scrape away some of these rocks down low …" said
G clawing at them. "Maybe with your sword, oh
noble, royal, knight?" asks G.
Julio was only too happy to be of service and
he began whacking at the sides of the crevice. "Whew,
that hurts!" he said drawing back … " my
whole arm." "But you got some loose,
good, noble knight" exclaimed G as she dug
with her hands some more. Well they had succeeded
in widening the crevice maybe and inch. "That
might mess up my sword too," decided the
Hoo.
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