Chapter Nine: Lazy Warriors and Bad Jokes
Riddum ran as fast as he could to the little gatehouse cottage where the Warriors live. The current Redwall Warrior was Nemisis. He was the only beast in the whole of Mossflower and Redwall who could read the old writing of Lennings, the old civilization that used to be in Mossflower. He had made it to the gatehouse cottage.
"Nemisis! You must read this!" Nemisis, like his normal self, was lying on the sofa napping. Redwall's warrior was quite the couch potato.
Riddum shook the mouse from his deep sleep.
"Hmm.? Wha.?" the mouse asked sleepily after many minutes of being shaken.
"Nemisis! You need to read this!' Riddum yelled impatiently at the lazy mouse.
"Get my glasses."
"Nemisis, get real! You don't have glasses!"
"Oh yeah." The mouse took the bark from the young otter's paws. He sat there for a long time. He looked up knowingly.
"So." Riddum was getting very impatient now.
"Tell ya later." With that, the mouse sprang up and left. Riddum was infuriated.
Back at the hole, Nemisis came running up to Abbess Zoe.
"Do you know what it says, Nemisis?" Nemisis nodded vigorously. "So." The mouse had a big smile on his face saying that ha wasn't going to tell.
"I'm not gonna tell you!"
"Jeez, for a warrior, he sure has a tiny brain!" a squirrel from the crowd whispered to the molemaid standing next to her.
"Hurr, io'm beleev you'm, mizzy," the molemaid said in reply. The two chuckled nonstop. The warrior found their chuckling very amusing, so he joined them.
"Hurrhurrhurr!" he mimicked the mole.
"Well, oi naver," the mole said as she turned away. There was a loud murmur as the crowd left. The warrior looked disappointed that he wasn't the center of attention ant more.
"Wait!" he yelled, "I'll tell you." All the woodlanders turned around. "But. You gotta catch me first!" A small grin appeared on his face. The crowd turned back around. "I'm only jokin'!" The crowd came back as he began to read the poem.
Riddum ran as fast as he could to the little gatehouse cottage where the Warriors live. The current Redwall Warrior was Nemisis. He was the only beast in the whole of Mossflower and Redwall who could read the old writing of Lennings, the old civilization that used to be in Mossflower. He had made it to the gatehouse cottage.
"Nemisis! You must read this!" Nemisis, like his normal self, was lying on the sofa napping. Redwall's warrior was quite the couch potato.
Riddum shook the mouse from his deep sleep.
"Hmm.? Wha.?" the mouse asked sleepily after many minutes of being shaken.
"Nemisis! You need to read this!' Riddum yelled impatiently at the lazy mouse.
"Get my glasses."
"Nemisis, get real! You don't have glasses!"
"Oh yeah." The mouse took the bark from the young otter's paws. He sat there for a long time. He looked up knowingly.
"So." Riddum was getting very impatient now.
"Tell ya later." With that, the mouse sprang up and left. Riddum was infuriated.
Back at the hole, Nemisis came running up to Abbess Zoe.
"Do you know what it says, Nemisis?" Nemisis nodded vigorously. "So." The mouse had a big smile on his face saying that ha wasn't going to tell.
"I'm not gonna tell you!"
"Jeez, for a warrior, he sure has a tiny brain!" a squirrel from the crowd whispered to the molemaid standing next to her.
"Hurr, io'm beleev you'm, mizzy," the molemaid said in reply. The two chuckled nonstop. The warrior found their chuckling very amusing, so he joined them.
"Hurrhurrhurr!" he mimicked the mole.
"Well, oi naver," the mole said as she turned away. There was a loud murmur as the crowd left. The warrior looked disappointed that he wasn't the center of attention ant more.
"Wait!" he yelled, "I'll tell you." All the woodlanders turned around. "But. You gotta catch me first!" A small grin appeared on his face. The crowd turned back around. "I'm only jokin'!" The crowd came back as he began to read the poem.