The Dumb Caterpillar and One Annoyed Teen
Ro just looked up at the smoking mushroom. Right on the top was a HUGE puke green caterpillar with white polka dots on his sides. Ro could of sworn that they were growing bigger by the minute. In his mouth was a extremely long hookah…no it was more like a nettle than a hookah it was so long and along with the white polka dots, it looked like it was growing longer by the minute. Ro shook her head and stared until the caterpillar started to feel uncomfortable, and if you've read the book it doesn't happen very often.
"Please refrain from staring like that at me." he said in his low smooth voice.
Ro stopped and smiled, "Oh, I'm sorry."
Silence.
Ro waited for a few minutes…and a few minutes more…and some more…than snapped, "Listen dude, do you know how to get Alice out of this mirror" Ro said very impatiently.
The caterpillar paused from his continuous smoking, "Yes I do, but I won't tell you because you are very rude." And he took a deep breath from the hookah.
Ro raised her eyebrow and put on a I mean business face, "Excuse me? If anyone's being rude, it's you." Ro put Alice down, "Well that's just the way I talk, got a problem with that?" Ro cracked her knuckles and glared at the caterpillar. "Now, tell me how to get Alice back!"
"No."
Ro closed her eyes for a moment. "Tell me now, or else I'll break everyone of those arms
of yours!"
The caterpillar's eyes widened; the sliver dots grew rapidly, covering his entire body; the hookah becoming part of his mouth; and his bright abstract wings came out and he started to fly hastily away. But Ro (who just happened to have a black belt in Karate) was too quick for him, she leaped, grabbed one of his skinny legs and landed gracefully and lightly on the mushroom (which was surprising considering how tomboyish she was).
"Tell me and I'll release you" she hissed angrily The caterpillar fluttered madly about, but Ro held onto his leg with ease, which is creepy in a way. "Fine!" He finally panted after several tempts to escape. "The mirror has to be kissed by a prince!"
"WHAT!?" Alice yelled, "That's great! It's a dream come true!"
"What the frikkin hell!?" Ro said, she was getting irritated, "I have to get some snobby prince to kiss this stinking mirror?"
"Yes." the caterpillar/butterfly looked at Ro, "Can you let me go now."
Ro sighed, "Fine get outta here." she said while releasing his now swollen leg. Ro stretched out her arms and back before jumping off the mushroom. Remembering from the book that her idiot teacher made her read for extra credit she looked at the mushroom. Should she?
"Nah." she said, "Who really cares?"
Alice looked at her funny, "Who cares about what?"
"Nothing you need to know."
"Oh…"
Ro sighed once again and grabbed Alice's mirror, "Let's get the hell out here."