Chapter Three: Mishap in the Field
"Kenji! Let's go play in the fields!" Neema Tallgrove yells to her best friend Kenji Fluffnose.
"It looks like it's going to storm!" he yells back looking at the clouds.
"Who cares about a little rain? It's only water!"
"Fine! Hold on, let me get my rain tunic!" He runs to his room to get his clothed ready, in case it rains.
As the trekked to the fields that was barely a mile away from the village, it started to drizzle.
"I told you it was gonna rain!" Kenji yelled at his friend.
"Looks pretty bad, eh? Looks like lightning off in the distance!"
"We better go home before it gets really bad!" Kenji's voice sounded worried.
"We'll be fine. Just stay out in the open, and you won't get struck by lightning." She reassured her friend.
"I thought if you stank in the open you're more likely to get struck?"
"What ever it is, there's something I must get from the field. So no matter what, we're going down there." They came to the top of the hill that over looked the field. "Look, Kenji! We made it!" By then, the lightning had reached the field.
"W-watch out for lightning," Kenji stuttered.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine. We just need to go out to the middle of the field." Neema left the hill. As she went down, Kenji stood still at the top of the hill.
"Is it all right if I stay here?"
"Fine! Be that way! Be scared!" She left him starring at the dark gray sky. Lightning struck many times before Neema finally got to the center of the field. She pulled a small garden shovel out of her pack. She dug for a long time. She finally stuck her head out of the hole. "I've found it!" She yelled over the howling wind. She was holding a small bracelet that Kenji could not tell what was on it. She ran back to the top of the hill.
"What is it?" Kenji asked examining the bracelet carefully.
"It's a bracelet!"
"Yeah, I know that! But what's on it?"
"It's a squirrel! See, there's his head, and his tail, and his paws!" She said as she pointed to various parts on the charm.
"Oh, I see!" Kenji said, although he still did not understand. "Don't you need to fill in the hole?"
"Oh yeah!" She ran down the hill to the hole. She quickly filled in the hole, and started to run back.
*Crack!*
A large bolt of lightning struck Neema down like a fly.
"Neema!"
"Kenji! Let's go play in the fields!" Neema Tallgrove yells to her best friend Kenji Fluffnose.
"It looks like it's going to storm!" he yells back looking at the clouds.
"Who cares about a little rain? It's only water!"
"Fine! Hold on, let me get my rain tunic!" He runs to his room to get his clothed ready, in case it rains.
As the trekked to the fields that was barely a mile away from the village, it started to drizzle.
"I told you it was gonna rain!" Kenji yelled at his friend.
"Looks pretty bad, eh? Looks like lightning off in the distance!"
"We better go home before it gets really bad!" Kenji's voice sounded worried.
"We'll be fine. Just stay out in the open, and you won't get struck by lightning." She reassured her friend.
"I thought if you stank in the open you're more likely to get struck?"
"What ever it is, there's something I must get from the field. So no matter what, we're going down there." They came to the top of the hill that over looked the field. "Look, Kenji! We made it!" By then, the lightning had reached the field.
"W-watch out for lightning," Kenji stuttered.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine. We just need to go out to the middle of the field." Neema left the hill. As she went down, Kenji stood still at the top of the hill.
"Is it all right if I stay here?"
"Fine! Be that way! Be scared!" She left him starring at the dark gray sky. Lightning struck many times before Neema finally got to the center of the field. She pulled a small garden shovel out of her pack. She dug for a long time. She finally stuck her head out of the hole. "I've found it!" She yelled over the howling wind. She was holding a small bracelet that Kenji could not tell what was on it. She ran back to the top of the hill.
"What is it?" Kenji asked examining the bracelet carefully.
"It's a bracelet!"
"Yeah, I know that! But what's on it?"
"It's a squirrel! See, there's his head, and his tail, and his paws!" She said as she pointed to various parts on the charm.
"Oh, I see!" Kenji said, although he still did not understand. "Don't you need to fill in the hole?"
"Oh yeah!" She ran down the hill to the hole. She quickly filled in the hole, and started to run back.
*Crack!*
A large bolt of lightning struck Neema down like a fly.
"Neema!"