5/19/22 Run (Part 2)

 Run (Part 2)

Faced with this impossible situation the friends had no clue what to do. The one closest to the ground began to panic as the little gray lizard monsters started jumping, although not getting very far off the ground.

“What if they can jump higher? What if they reach me?!” The one closest to the ground started rapidly climbing higher. The other seven encouraged their friend saying the creatures couldn’t jump that high, but it didn’t help. The friend continued to climb sloppily up the tree, just wanting to get as high as they could.

As they went up branch by branch, even pushing past their other friends sitting in the tree, they lost their footing and slipped. As they fell through the tree everyone tried to catch them but were unsuccessful.

Now there were seven in the tree, as they watched their eighth friend get devoured by the little monsters below. Once the creatures had finished with the body, they began to reanalyse their situation. All at once, as many could fit at the base of the trunk, began to claw at it, using their sharp claws like mini saws, slowly trimming down the base of the large tree.

The seven friends in the tree knew it would take them a while to saw through the trunk, but they also knew that eventually they would succeed. Knowing they could not stay in the tree forever, they decided they were going to make a run for it. They would all climb as low as they could, then jump and all together make a run for it. They also knew that some of them would not survive but it was the best chance they had.

Climbing lower, with tears in their eyes, the friends readied themselves to jump and run. “Three…Two…One.” Together they jumped down from the tree into the hoard of little lizard creatures. It took them a moment to recover from the fall but once they did, they were off and running as fast as they could. 

Noticing the group’s movement, the creatures turned their attention away from sawing the tree and quickly began their chase once again. Although the friends had a small lead, the creatures managed to pick off two more of the friends, leaving now only five, running desperately for their lives. 


To be continued

5/19/22

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