Set after the movie. I have no idea were this idea came from.
Please review!
Then the Hungry Tiger...
"So in the end, the little burro reached his Mommy. And they all lived happily ever after."
The sun was low, the sky was clear. The grounds still hummed with the day's heat, and the forestry around the clearing was calm and tranquil for once, as a particular armadillo would like to point out. A small huddle of fluffy little individuals were gathered around, some sitting, some standing. Two in particular who shared similar long ears and disbelieving expressions stood at the front. The grey one's arms were folded, his fairer brother raising a brow at the large mammoth standing before him, a Saber lounging at the side.
"Is that it?" He asked bluntly, one ear lifting to match his brow. His brother glanced at him before looking back at the mammoth, a murmur of agreement rippling through the ground of youngsters.
One would probably wonder why Manny was dealing with all of these mites. There was not much to that story; Sid tried to open a new 'island Camp' and easily got landed with dozens of youngsters and failed at keeping them in order. So, his herd ordered him to go and tell their parents that the camp was closed and that Mann should watch them till that task was completed.
Chaos ensued. And so did a hasty, familiar story that Diego couldn't help but chuckle at from the sidelines. So far the story had worked, but now it seemed Clementine and Squint's rowdy twin boys weren't impressed.
"Yes, That's it." Manny replied firmly, "He went home to his mother, and that's the end."
Diego gave a small sigh. "Here we go..."
"That's a dumb ending, Manny." Fiver, better known as The Squirt, remarked with his hands on his hips. The crowd of children watched him and Manny in an incredible quiet manner. Benny stuck his paw into the air. Manny glanced at him. "Yeah, Benny?"
"Why did the little burro go home so fast? WHy didn#t he stay a little longer with the rabbits." He said this more politely than his brother, who shot him a glare before stepping forward theatrically, one paw in the air for effect as he proclaimed:
"Those rabbits weren't as cool as our family.."
Manny muttered something about how the story rabbit family weren't completely nuts, either. Diego gave another sigh.
"Isn't a burro called something else, anyway?" Squirt asked with a crooked grin. Manfred shot him a look (or more precisely a glare) that told him not to go there. Diego could see what was going to happen next- and he couldn't help but feel that weird deja-vue creeping up. Squirt clearly knew what he was doing and the result of what he was getting at would be. His conniving smirk said it all.
"Yeah!" Benny mused aloud, though not as sneaking as his brother but actually looking quite innocent of the bomb-like impact this word could have on his surrounding playmates, "It's called a wild-"
"THEN the hungry tiger ate all the pesky lil' kids!"
There was a roar after the strangely pleasantly said sentence, along with a jump from the youngsters and the preceding scramble as they fled back. Diego had spotted their parents coming over, and had quickly interrupted what Benny had said. Manny and himself exchanged relieved glances- had that word got out the whole island would be full of kids saying it...
Speaking of which...
Benny and Squirt had nod fled, much to the tiger's surprise and the mammoth's blunt annoyance. Squirt and Benny were in their comic fighting stances, glaring up at the two.
"You don't scare us, kitty!" Squirt announced, pointing a finger up at the tiger, "Nothing can!"
"Yeah!" Benny agreed, jumping up and down, "We're not afraid of anything!"
"BENNY! FIVER!"
All of the fierce bravado from the two just slipped away like berry juice into the sea upon hearing their mother's angry voice, their stiff and fighting postures freezing before they cringed. Their eyes were wide.
"Anything but that" Benny remarked. His brother grimaced as the call game again, and the two whipped from the mammoth and tiger's view faster than lightning. Diego laughed inwardly.
"Guess they were seen setting prank traps again." He commented. Manny sighed.
"Remind me why everyone thought me watching a group that had those two in it was a good idea."
"Sid suggested it."
"And why did we listen to him?"
Diego met Manny's incredulous raised brow with an almost worried shrug. "No idea..."
...Then the hungry tiger ate all the pesky non-reviewers...
