They traveled for hours, and found no kind of food. So Irene was needed once again. "Irene,
can you grow us a mixed-fruit bush, and a water plant?" asked Grundy, "We're going to starve
or thirst to death, stinkfinger, do something!" "Alright, alright, hold your Night Mares," replied
Irene, annoyed at the golem, "And stop calling me stinkfinger, imp, I have a green thumb." He
already knew this, but it was in Grundy's nature to criticize people no matter what the
circumstance.
She set out growing the plants. Within a few minutes, she was finished and they all
feasted on pineapples, cherries, oranges, and greatfruit, which is the biggest type of fruit know
to Xanth. "Thanks, Irene. We all needed that pick-me-up, and I'm guessing we needed it
soon," Dor said. He looked to his companions who nodded approvingly. "Look at them,
they're full of fruit, bunch of fruit-sucking spoonfaces, they hogged it all," Grundy
exclaimed, "I got absolutely nothing out of it, except for a cherry." "Very well, Grundy, I'll
grow a smaller bush for you, what would you like?" she asked with a touch of sarcasm
in her voice. "I think I want a few more of those cherries, the one I had was delicious."
She grew him a mini-cherry tree, it was only about a foot tall, but had many small cherries for
Grundy. After they all had their share to eat and drink, they set out for Ogre Pass once again.
Chet informed them of a nearby spring where they could safely rest for awhile. So they
changed course slightly, and were now headed towards the isthmus. They had originally set
out for Ogre Pass because they intended to get to Mundania by sea.
"Help!" cried a small voice. "Who's there!?" Dor asked, "Keep shouting, we'll
follow your voice." "I'm over here, by the Tangle Tree!" shouted the voice. "Smash, help
her, you can destroy the Tangler," said Irene, "You must!" "Me think so, so me go," said
Smash. He hurled himself at the Tangler, who struck at him violently with its tentacles; Smash
avoided one, but got stung by another. He swung his gauntleted fist at the tree and took a
sizeable amount of its bark and wood away. Smash looked like he was having an interesting
time, destroying the tree. The Tangler had begun to wrap its tentacles around Smash, trying
to crush him with its strength. But everyone knew that a full-grown Ogre can take a large
Tangler, and this one wasn't very big at all. Smash ripped off all of the tentacles, this rendered
the Tangler helpless. He looked around and spied a fairy, who could've really been threatened
by the Tangler.
"Thank you, noble Ogre," said the fairy. He picked her up and went back towards
his friends. She told them her story, "And when it hit my wing, I fell. I took a drastic fall, and
cried for help, and then this amazing being came to my rescue." "Me just look for fight, had a
rough night," replied Smash. Obviously he was looking for a good fight, because he became
angry last night, and needed to get it out of him. "Well, I'm sorry you didn't have a good time
fighting that Tangler, Smash. But you did save this fairy, uh." said Dor. "Lorie, my name is Lorie," said the fairy.
can you grow us a mixed-fruit bush, and a water plant?" asked Grundy, "We're going to starve
or thirst to death, stinkfinger, do something!" "Alright, alright, hold your Night Mares," replied
Irene, annoyed at the golem, "And stop calling me stinkfinger, imp, I have a green thumb." He
already knew this, but it was in Grundy's nature to criticize people no matter what the
circumstance.
She set out growing the plants. Within a few minutes, she was finished and they all
feasted on pineapples, cherries, oranges, and greatfruit, which is the biggest type of fruit know
to Xanth. "Thanks, Irene. We all needed that pick-me-up, and I'm guessing we needed it
soon," Dor said. He looked to his companions who nodded approvingly. "Look at them,
they're full of fruit, bunch of fruit-sucking spoonfaces, they hogged it all," Grundy
exclaimed, "I got absolutely nothing out of it, except for a cherry." "Very well, Grundy, I'll
grow a smaller bush for you, what would you like?" she asked with a touch of sarcasm
in her voice. "I think I want a few more of those cherries, the one I had was delicious."
She grew him a mini-cherry tree, it was only about a foot tall, but had many small cherries for
Grundy. After they all had their share to eat and drink, they set out for Ogre Pass once again.
Chet informed them of a nearby spring where they could safely rest for awhile. So they
changed course slightly, and were now headed towards the isthmus. They had originally set
out for Ogre Pass because they intended to get to Mundania by sea.
"Help!" cried a small voice. "Who's there!?" Dor asked, "Keep shouting, we'll
follow your voice." "I'm over here, by the Tangle Tree!" shouted the voice. "Smash, help
her, you can destroy the Tangler," said Irene, "You must!" "Me think so, so me go," said
Smash. He hurled himself at the Tangler, who struck at him violently with its tentacles; Smash
avoided one, but got stung by another. He swung his gauntleted fist at the tree and took a
sizeable amount of its bark and wood away. Smash looked like he was having an interesting
time, destroying the tree. The Tangler had begun to wrap its tentacles around Smash, trying
to crush him with its strength. But everyone knew that a full-grown Ogre can take a large
Tangler, and this one wasn't very big at all. Smash ripped off all of the tentacles, this rendered
the Tangler helpless. He looked around and spied a fairy, who could've really been threatened
by the Tangler.
"Thank you, noble Ogre," said the fairy. He picked her up and went back towards
his friends. She told them her story, "And when it hit my wing, I fell. I took a drastic fall, and
cried for help, and then this amazing being came to my rescue." "Me just look for fight, had a
rough night," replied Smash. Obviously he was looking for a good fight, because he became
angry last night, and needed to get it out of him. "Well, I'm sorry you didn't have a good time
fighting that Tangler, Smash. But you did save this fairy, uh." said Dor. "Lorie, my name is Lorie," said the fairy.
