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Julio thought
… will they be able to find anything to eat?
He was a boy who thought about food a lot.
He never figured out what they ate anyway.
Being about 11 in the morning, they bowed low
to the Chips (G didn't fall over this time) and
led the horses on around to the left side of
the mountain. Plopping down on a flat pink rock
G said "Time for a little something J." He
was always up for a little something. She pulled
a big orange ripe papaya out of a basket and
cut it with Julio’s pocket knife. J was checking
out his frog in his pocket …… There was nothing
for the horses to eat either, and da Muff was
skinnier than usual.
"Maybe we should have cut some grass and brought
it with us," said J. "Man alive!" said
G. "You are as smart as a whip! Now, why didn’t
I think of that!" Well both of them thought
of it too late, as all the good, dark, rich, green
grass was way behind them, at least 4 miles. "We
coulda put some in the baskets and carried it for
M & P," said G half to herself. "Too
late now I guess," she muttered. "Cheesh!"
They tried to eat their papaya nicely without
getting all messy, HA!. "Wonder if that
red water is poison?" Julio asked. "I
dono," said G. "We could test it out
on the frog." "Nooooo way!" said
Julio. We are NOT gonna’ kill my frog. What if
Muff drinks it?" Well if she does and lives,
then we will know." said G. "Can’t
keep her out of anything. She has a nose for
that kind of stuff." Muff also liked papaya
peelings, as she was laying there licking them.
Julio must have squirmed or wiggled on top of
his flat pink rock in just the right way I guess.
All of a sudden, a big door gaped open that was
invisible before; a rounded archway, (probably
made by dwarves) about 12 feet tall. There was
some curious silver scribbling around the edges
of the door that was barely visible in the sunlight. "It's
just like out of Lord of the Rings!" yelled
the Hoo. "I guess we found our way in." "Yeah" whispered
G, "let’s hope we can find our way out!" "Remember
the butterflies." J said. "ok, ok" said
G. "Wish we had some butterflies right now.
We better hurry in before this door decides to
close or something," G shuddered. "Guess
my frog isn’t gonna’ get a bath," said the
Hoo, sympathetically. "Maybe there's some
clear water inside."
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