The Burrow
Chapter 8
“Hello!” I called out. “Anyone! Devashree! Dasharath!”
“Who are they?” Jack asked, still carrying the little grey rabbit.
“They’re twins from India.”
“‘Twins’!?”
“Let’s just keep searching.” I said.
We were searching in field of tall, green grass that came up to your waist.
But is wasn’t deserted, about five oak trees standing around. But the trees looked like something had been scratching at their barks. Maybe a cat or something?
Anyway, we were heading for the river.
I was lucky I didn’t have hay fever with all these plants all around.
“Who of your friends are still missing, Emma?” Asked Jack, as he put the grey rabbit down.
“Well,” I began as I started walking to the other field. “There’s Devashree and Dasharath Kapur, Mathew Cartwright, Ramona Lorenzo and Alex Scar. He’s the one who…AH!”
I suddenly tripped up over something and fell off my feet.
“Ow! What the heck was that!”
“Whatever it is, you landed on it.”
I then realized I was on higher ground.
I crawled off whatever I was on and stood up.
It was some sort of little hill standing up from the ground. I didn’t see it for the tall grass.
“Who the heck would dig a dirt hill in the middle of a grass field?”
“Hey, Emma, look at this.” Said Jack, looking at the other side of the dirt hill with the rabbit.
I came round to his side to see what he’d found.
“Hey, it’s not a useless, stupid hill to trip you up after all.” I said. “It’s a burrow.”
The hill had a hole on the side that lead into the ground.
I crouched down and looked inside.
“Hey, it’s well big enough for me to fit inside.”
“Careful, Emma.” Said Jack. “You don’t know where that leads.”
“Well Jack, I’m sure it’s not going to lead to Wonderland.” I laughed. “And I sure ain’t no Alice.”
The grey rabbit hopped next to me.
“Is this your home?” I asked, (I know he can’t understand me). “It’s a little too big, don’t you think?”
The grey rabbit then hopped right past me and hopped down the hole.
I saw him hop to just where the light could reach. He stopped and looked towards me. Did he want me to follow him?
“What?” I asked. “You want me to go down there?”
The rabbit just stared.
“I don’t think he can understand you, Emma.” Said Jack.
“Duh, I know that!”
The rabbit then hopped up to me, and he took hold of my sleeve with his teeth.
He tugged at my sleeve towards the tunnel.
“Actually, I think he might just be intelligent.” Said Jack.
I was a little surprised.
“Do you want me to follow you?” I asked the grey rabbit with any hope of him understanding me.
The rabbit then let go of me and hopped down the tunnel.
“Wait!” I cried. “Hold on, little guy!”
I crawled in the tunnel myself.
“Jack, are you coming to?” I called back.
“Of course. After you.”
I crawled into the dark tunnel.
I began to get to my hands and knees as the tunnel grew wider.
And soon enough the tunnel was wide enough for me to almost stand. Though it was still pitch black.
But then, I could see a faint light a the end of the tunnel.
I hurried up, with Jack still close behind me. Thought the tunnel was too small for him to stand, so he hand to crawl.
I got to the light that came from round the corner of another tunnel entrance.
“Hey, it’s a little bit like a maze.”
“I hope we don’t get lost.”
“Lost? In a burrow? Ha!”
I continued walking towards the light. It was coming from a little lamp filled with fire flies.
“I guess these creatures have never heard of light bulbs.”
“I don’t think you’ll find anything man made in this world. No-one lives here but animals.”
“Hey, you don’t know that. The grey rabbit might be leading us to the holiday leader.”
“What if the holiday leader isn’t a person?”
“And what if he is?”
“Emma, look!”
Jack pointed to the grey rabbit that was now back in view.
“Hey, little fella.” Jack crawled in front of me.
The rabbit hopped on ahead.
“Hey, come back.” Jack crawled ahead of me. “Where are you leading us?”
Jack followed the rabbit round the next corner.
I sighed. Maybe this was a waste of time…
“Whoa…!”
“Jack?”
I heard his call fading.
“Jack!” I hurried round the corner to see what had happened.
As soon as I raced round the corner, Jack was gone!
“Jack?”
I wondered where he had disappeared to…but then, I saw something on the ground.
In fact, the ground was missing! The ground must have collapsed underneath him.
I looked down the tunnel. It was too dark for me to see what was down there.
I crawled over it and to the other side.
I stared down once again.
“Jack!” I called down. “Jack!”
#Thump#
#Thump#
I looked behind me.
It was the little grey rabbit.
I suddenly had an idea.
“Come on.” I said, holding out my hand towards the rabbit. “Do you know where he’s gone?”
The rabbit hopped over to me.
I took hold of him under his arms. “That’s it.” I said.
Once I got hold of him securely…
“Right!” I said, grabbing hold of him firmly. “You’re coming with me!”
I crawled over the holding the ground. And then raced to the tunnel exit where I came in.
As soon as I was out, I held the rabbit out in front of me.
“Right, I know someone who would like a word with you!”
I held him tightly so he couldn’t escape.
I ran across the field, over the grass bank, to the top of the hill and stopped when I got to the tree with the holiday door.
The rabbit was struggling, but I held on.
I opened the door back to Halloween Town. But Halloween Town wasn’t my final destination. I was going to go to Christmas Town.
There was someone I knew there who I thought would like to meet this fury abomination.
