Cantor stared at the computer. "What is that...that...thing?!" She demanded.
Maya giggled. "It's a computer, Cantor, look you can do stuff on it!" She opened up the internet browser, and clicked on the official Redwall site.
The squirrel stared at it even more. Stretching out one paw, she touched the screen, as if expecting to be sucked into the virtual world. "That thing has us on it!"
"Yeah, it sure does. Everyone knows about you guys, but they don't think you're real."
Just then, Kanki bounced into the room. "Hiya everybeast! Guess wot? I found this! Ain't he cute?" She held up a trembling dwarf rabbit, who had been roughly hauled from his cage by the hare.
Maya gently took the rabbit from her. "It's my pet rabbit, Dexxa. Do you like her?"
Kanki smiled. "O' course I do, wot! She's absoballylutely adorable! How come she isn't like us?"
"It's because you are from a different world, Kanki, and she's from my world. Here, animals can't speak and don't wear clothes."
"Oh."
Cantor was still gazing at the computer screen. "Maya, can I try it?"
The girl nodded. "Sure, you can go anywhere you want!"
Cantor smiled and started to move the mouse around. She gaped in amazement as the little arrow followed her movement. "Wow!"
Pervian was lounging on the couch, reading a Redwall book. "You mean that you, er, people know about our records and our greatest heroes?"
Maya nodded again. "Yep. I dunno how, though."
"Maybe another one of us is with Mr. Jacques, and tells him about our past!" The mouse grinned, bookmarked his page and closed the book. "You said you were going to dress us up proper. Let's go, shall we?"
Cantor left off from her mouse-moving, and followed Kanki, Pervian and Maya into her room.
"Now, Kanki, come here. You can wear my long black jeans and--"
"Wot're jeans?"
"They're a sort of pants. Here, try them on. You also wear my big t-shirt, it's blue to match your eyes." Maya handed the clothes over to Kanki, who promptly got changed with a bit of help from the girl. She carefully placed her sabre in the cabinet.
"Wow, these are spiffin' clothes, wot! Quite unusual, but spiffin'!"
"Now Cantor, you can wear my khaki cargo pants--they suit you. And take this tye-dye shirt, too!"
The squirrel shrugged off his tunic and put them on, grinning like a Dibbun who had just stolen candied chestnuts. "These are amazin'!"
"Pervian, you can wear my brother's beige bermuda shorts and his orange t-shirt."
Pervian pulled off his habit and slipped into the comfortable clothing. He smiled slightly, and used a new word he had picked up from Maya. "Cool!"
Cantor was about to pull his quiver of arrow back on, but was stopped by Maya. "You can't take weapons into the city. It's not dangerous there, and you could get sent to jail for bringing weapons around with you."
"Jail?"
Maya sighed. "A place where bad people go. It's quite horrible--we went there on a trip at school once."
"I know wot school is. Woodland school's th' best you can get, wot!" Kanki replied.
The girl giggled. "Well, I'm not sure if we have woodland school here, but you can come with me to school the day after tomorrow. That's when school starts up again. For now, we'll go into the city to look around!"
Ambling out into the hallway was a strange sight for any passer-by. A mouse, a hare and a squirrel, all as tall as the girl they were being accompanied by, wearing human clothing!
Maya giggled. "It's a computer, Cantor, look you can do stuff on it!" She opened up the internet browser, and clicked on the official Redwall site.
The squirrel stared at it even more. Stretching out one paw, she touched the screen, as if expecting to be sucked into the virtual world. "That thing has us on it!"
"Yeah, it sure does. Everyone knows about you guys, but they don't think you're real."
Just then, Kanki bounced into the room. "Hiya everybeast! Guess wot? I found this! Ain't he cute?" She held up a trembling dwarf rabbit, who had been roughly hauled from his cage by the hare.
Maya gently took the rabbit from her. "It's my pet rabbit, Dexxa. Do you like her?"
Kanki smiled. "O' course I do, wot! She's absoballylutely adorable! How come she isn't like us?"
"It's because you are from a different world, Kanki, and she's from my world. Here, animals can't speak and don't wear clothes."
"Oh."
Cantor was still gazing at the computer screen. "Maya, can I try it?"
The girl nodded. "Sure, you can go anywhere you want!"
Cantor smiled and started to move the mouse around. She gaped in amazement as the little arrow followed her movement. "Wow!"
Pervian was lounging on the couch, reading a Redwall book. "You mean that you, er, people know about our records and our greatest heroes?"
Maya nodded again. "Yep. I dunno how, though."
"Maybe another one of us is with Mr. Jacques, and tells him about our past!" The mouse grinned, bookmarked his page and closed the book. "You said you were going to dress us up proper. Let's go, shall we?"
Cantor left off from her mouse-moving, and followed Kanki, Pervian and Maya into her room.
"Now, Kanki, come here. You can wear my long black jeans and--"
"Wot're jeans?"
"They're a sort of pants. Here, try them on. You also wear my big t-shirt, it's blue to match your eyes." Maya handed the clothes over to Kanki, who promptly got changed with a bit of help from the girl. She carefully placed her sabre in the cabinet.
"Wow, these are spiffin' clothes, wot! Quite unusual, but spiffin'!"
"Now Cantor, you can wear my khaki cargo pants--they suit you. And take this tye-dye shirt, too!"
The squirrel shrugged off his tunic and put them on, grinning like a Dibbun who had just stolen candied chestnuts. "These are amazin'!"
"Pervian, you can wear my brother's beige bermuda shorts and his orange t-shirt."
Pervian pulled off his habit and slipped into the comfortable clothing. He smiled slightly, and used a new word he had picked up from Maya. "Cool!"
Cantor was about to pull his quiver of arrow back on, but was stopped by Maya. "You can't take weapons into the city. It's not dangerous there, and you could get sent to jail for bringing weapons around with you."
"Jail?"
Maya sighed. "A place where bad people go. It's quite horrible--we went there on a trip at school once."
"I know wot school is. Woodland school's th' best you can get, wot!" Kanki replied.
The girl giggled. "Well, I'm not sure if we have woodland school here, but you can come with me to school the day after tomorrow. That's when school starts up again. For now, we'll go into the city to look around!"
Ambling out into the hallway was a strange sight for any passer-by. A mouse, a hare and a squirrel, all as tall as the girl they were being accompanied by, wearing human clothing!
