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Date Posted: 18:47:31 06/25/07 Mon
This is part 2! Sorry if I fudge the truth a bit, I haven't read all of the books. Here it goes:
Chapter 3
Landrye awoke to a pounding headache. She moaned, her eyes still closed. She felt horrible. Every inch of her body burned, ached, or burned and ached. She took a deep breath. Suddenly she heard a voice next to her.
“Look, the jolly old chap’s woken up, wot wot.”
Not knowing that there were others in around her, she shot up faster then a bullet, instantly collapsing back down from lack of strength. She realized she was in a bed, and surrounded by strange creatures, for she had never met a hare, or anything else besides other squirrels and vermin. She tried to get out of bed, but the strong paw of the hares forced her down.
“You’re going to have to stay there old chap, until you get better. I’m Brigadier Crumshaw of the Long Patrol, wot wot.”
Of course, Landrye had never heard of the Long Patrol. “Let me GO!” She screamed. “Let me out of here. I swear I won’t tall anyone about you.”
“We don’t intend to capture you, but you can’t leave until you have your breakfast, at least.” One hare said.
“Spot on! Hit the vermin on the head*, eh what?”
“That you did, Corporal Laceleaf.”
“Speaking of breakfast, I think it’s coming through the door now, wot.”
Another hare came in, carrying a tray laden with bowls of hot oatmeal and scones. The hare distributed the food, and talked to the other hares. Finally, Landrye got her food. All of the hares were talking among themselves, while wolfing down oatmeal and hot scones.
“Now this is the stuff for a hungry hare, eh?”
“Sure is, Laceleaf. I think the chef added a dash of cinnamon today, wot.”
“Cinnamon? Oh yes, you are a very keen chap. I say, when do you reckon Lady Melesme would like to see the young chap?”
“Probably sometime tomorrow. Gives the poor squirrel sometime to rest, eh wot.”
Laceleaf took another look at the squirrel, and saw that she was fast asleep.
Chapter 4
Landrye was feeling much better. This was her third day with the hares and she was already up and about. She helped prepare food, and watched the hares practice using weapons. Finally, toward the afternoon, Lady Melesme asked for her.
Laceleaf came up to her, while she was practicing using a sword again. “Hey there, my jolly friend. Regaining your strength, wot? Lady Melesme would like to see you now, chap. Follow me.”
Landrye followed Laceleaf in silence. “What would Lady Melesme say to her?” She asked herself. “Probably nothing too bad, since she let me stay here for three days. I hope she won’t make me go back to my home, through the desert.”
“Here we are,” said Laceleaf, interrupting her thoughts.
The young squirrel and not so young hare entered a vast chamber. Hares lined the walls on either side, and on the other side of the chamber stood Lady Melesme, the badger queen.
Chapter 5
“Welcome.” The badger queen’s words rang out with kindness, yet authority. “What is your name, young squirrel?”
“L-landrye, your majesty. Landrye Kaer Gharr.”
“What brings you here, to the mountain fortress of Salamandastron?”
Quickly, Landrye explained everything that had happened since the destruction of her home. “…And the next thing I knew, I was in bed and surrounded by hares.” The squirrel concluded.
Lady Melesme wore a thoughtful expression, as if amazed that the small squirrel could have survived so much. “Well, Landrye, you are welcome to stay with us in Salamandastron, or you can continue your journey north. What will it be?”
“Thank you for the kind offer of staying here, but I must continue north. I shall leave at tomorrow’s dawn. Thanks again for your hospitality. If I can find a way to repay you, I shall.”
“Very well, then. Farewell, my friend!”
*Authors Note: It’s supposed to be a joke. People say hit the nail on the head, but I thought it would be funny if hares of the Long Patrol said hit the vermin on the head. Just for all those people who don’t get it.
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