Chapter 5: A Pet From The Sea

The next morning, Diego was the first mammal in the herd to woke up or so he thought.

He looks around to notice that Carrie and Granny are missing.

"Where did Granny and the new member of the herd go?" Diego said to himself.

He then sees Sid snoring on a rock as he walks to the sleepy sloth and shook him.

"Sid, Wake up" said Diego.

Sid woke up to find Diego near him.

"What do you want Diego? I'm trying to sleep" Sid groaned.

"Sid, Your granny is gone...again" Diego replied.

"Wait-What?!" Sid exclaimed as he bolts up and looks around to see that Granny is missing again.

"And I think the new member of the herd is gone too" Diego added.

"Carrie? Where could she...Oh no! Granny!" Sid moaned.

"What?" Diego asked.

"Granny's taking Carrie to see Precious" Sid replied.

"Really? At this time of morning?" Diego asked.

"Well yeah" Sid nodded.

Soon they heard a familiar voice calling the name "Precious"

"It's Granny, She must be near the beach" said Diego.

"And hopefully Carrie's there too" said Sid.

Soon Sid runs off to find Carrie and Granny as Diego watches him go.

"You know, I sometimes feel sorry for Sid having to put up with Granny most of the time" Diego said to himself before he lies back next to Shira and drifts off to sleep again.

Meanwhile Granny was taking Carrie to the beach to meet her pet Precious.

"Are you sure this is OK madam?" Carrie asked.

"Of course sweetie and call me Granny" Granny happily replied.

"I mean we could have waited for the others" said Carrie.

"Ah why wait? Now just relax, Precious is going to love you" Granny replied as she kept leading Carrie to the beach.

"What about your grandson Sid?" Carrie asked.

"What about him? He's met Precious before" Granny replied.

"Oh" Carrie nodded.

Soon they got to the beach as Carrie was amazed by the sun rising up as the light reflects on the blue, clear ocean.

"It's a beautiful sight" said Carrie as she smiles.

"Ah my sights are bad as it is" Granny crackly replied.

"Um...OK..." Carrie nervously replied.

"Precious! Mummy's here! Precious" Granny calls out.

"Um...Granny...Are you sure this isn't the right time to say hello to your friend?" Carrie asked.

"It's the perfect time, After all, Precious is an early fish" Granny replied.

"I think you mean Precious is an early bird" Carrie corrected Granny.

"Nah, Precious aren't a bird, He's a fish!" Granny replied.

"I see" Carrie slowly nods.

"Carrie! Granny"

Carrie turns to see Sid on top of a hill and happily waving at them.

"Oh! Hi Sid" Carrie called out as she waves back.

Suddenly the yellow sloth tripped and falls off the hill as he landed his face on the sand.

"Oh my god!" Carrie gasped as she runs to Sid.

When Carrie got to Sid, She sees that Sid was OK and was spitting sand out of his mouth.

"Are you alright Sid?" Carrie asked in concern.

"Yeah I'm OK, Just got a sore head" Sid groaned.

"You poor thing" Carrie replied as she rubs Sid head.

"I'll be OK" Sid chuckled as he blushes a bit.

"You sure?" Carrie asked.

"Yeah" Sid nodded.

Carrie smiles at the yellow sloth and soon they turn back to see Granny still calling for Precious.

"Well as you can see, Your granny is somehow calling her friend over here and she wanted me to meet...um...whoever Precious is" Carrie explains.

"Precious! Come to Mummy" Granny calls out.

"Well I feel I should warn you, Granny's pet is from the sea" said Sid.

"What do you mean? Is Precious a fish?" Carrie asked.

"You can say that" Sid nodded.

"PRECIOUS!" Granny called out once more as Sid and Carrie walks up to her.

Suddenly something huge was overshadowing them as they look up to see Precious the whale, still in the deep water.

"That's Precious?!" Carrie gasped in alarm.

"Yep" Sid nodded.

"Hello Precious!" Granny waved at the whale.

Precious made a happy wail as Granny giggled

"So...How long has Granny have Precious?" Carrie asked.

"For a long time now" Sid replied.

"Precious! Mummy wants you to meet a very special friend" Granny said as she takes Carrie's paw and brings her close to the water.

"Um...Are you sure this is safe Granny?" Carrie asked.

"Ah sure, Precious is a sweetie" Granny replied.

Soon Carrie looks at Precious as she waves and calls out

"Hi Precious!"

Precious responded back by spraying water at her.

"Oh! Um...Nice to meet you too" Carrie giggled a bit.

Precious let out a wail as Granny just giggled and said

"That means he likes you"

"I see" Carrie chuckled.

"Hey Precious" Sid called out.

Soon Precious sends out a jet of water at Sid as the yellow sloth was hit by the water and falls on the sand.

"That means he's happy to see you and decided to give you a bath...to which you so need one" said Granny.

Sid coughed out some water and replied "Yeah, I can see that"

Carrie just giggled as she help Sid out and asked

"You OK?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" Sid shrugged his shoulders.

"Ok then...Maybe we should head back before the others wake up" Carrie suggested.

"Yeah I agree, Let's go Granny" Sid replied.

"Ah alright" Granny said then turns to Precious and calls out

"Mummy must go for now darling, See you later Precious"

Precious let out a happy wail and goes back into the ocean.

"Mummy loves you too sweetie" Granny happily shouted.

Soon Sid, Carrie and Granny started to head back to the others as little did they know, Toby was watching them as he smiles and said to himself.

"So this is the herd Carrie is with...They look nice"

Soon Toby quietly follows them and tries not to be detected by the sloths.

Well Carrie has met Precious the whale with Granny and Sid

Now they're going back to the herd

Little did they know, Toby is following them

What happens next?

Stay tune to find out!