((grins evilly I'm sorry. I could not ignore it any longer. I don't
really know if there are llama farms near Baton Rouge or anything- Baton
Rouge is in Louisiana, where there are more alligators and such but I
already used that idea, so... let's just pretend, shall we? muahahaha
continues to grin crazily))
Chapter Six: Llamas on the Loose!
"Dewey..." Marta groaned. A llama farm. They rock out all last night, signing autographs, getting pictures taken, blah blah blah. All. To visit. A llama farm.
"I'm sorry! I know it's not the Everglades or the Appalachian or anything like that, but we would be totally bored otherwise- we have a while until the plane flight! Come on- llamas are cool, man!" Dewey fought back.
The group mumbled to each other as they made their way up the stony, dirt path. To their left was a field with a few trees in it. To their right was a field with a few trees in it. It reminded her of their way to Cincinnati. Only there were llamas- instead of squirrels.
"Hello!" A man's voice boomed from a barn ahead of them. "You must be the School of Rock! Welcome to the Acres of Plenty Llama Farm!!"
"Um, thanks. It's a... uh, pleasure to be here..." Summer smiled weakly, shaking the man's hand. Marta felt like groaning in boredom but she knew it would be rude...
"I know ya'll probly think that a llama farm is boring, right?" The man asked. Not knowing what to do, the group just kind of shrugged and grumbled.
"Thought so! Well, my name is Judd and I'm gonna show you that Acres of Plenty is not a'plenty boring!" Judd grinned. Why me?! Marta moaned in her head. This guy has probably memorized this entire tour thing! "Follow me this way, and we'll take you to... the Llama Ring."
Only the way he said it made it sound like he was taking them to the Ring of Fire or something.
"Is it just me or is this going to be reallllllly horrible?" Alicia whined into Marta's ear as the group filed off behind Judd.
"Tell me about it..." She replied, sighing. When the group stopped, Marta could only stare in disbelief at the large, square pen that held about six llamas. There was a white llama, a reddish-brown llama, a black llama, a brown llama with white patches, a grey and white llama, and a blue llama. Marta did a double take. A BLUE llama?!?!
"Yup- ya'll may be wondering if that's really a blue llama. It is! We have a special, non-toxic dye, that we use on him- he's our main attraction." Judd told them proudly. "Now- who's brave enough to try to ride Ol' Blue out there?"
Quizzical looks were shot through the crowd.
"Can you ride llamas?" Eleni wondered aloud.
"Yeah- won't it, like, hurt them?" Michelle seconded.
"I'll ride the llama!" Freddy volunteered.
"NO!!!" Came shouts from everywhere.
"Knowing Freddy he will probably set the thing on fire or something..." Dewey explained to the confused Judd.
"Marta- you rode horses, right? Why don't you try to ride the llama?" Alicia pressed. Marta gave her a wide-eyed look.
"What?!"
"You heard me, girl! Now volunteer yourself before I volunteer you!"
"Fine..." And then a little louder, "I guess I'll ride the llama."
"Marta?!" Came lots of confused shouts from the bored crowd.
"I ride horses. This should be no different. So why not?" Marta shrugged- even though she was screaming, "NOOO!!! DON'T DO IT!!!" to herself on the inside.
"Alrighty then. Come here, little missy!" Judd opened the gate, closing it behind her.
"The name is Marta..." She corrected him icily.
"Well, Marta, I'll just give you a leg up and then you can try to stay on. Oh- and here's a helmet. You'll be needing it..." Judd grinned, handing her a helmet from under the fence.
"Aw, man! What the heck am I doing?!" She whispered to herself, strapping the helmet tight on her head. Please don't let me do something stupid...
She hopped up onto "Ol' Blue" with the help of Judd. Hmm... it was kind of like a horse. She wondered how it was when it... ran!!!
"AHHH!!!!!!" Marta screamed, holding onto the llama's wispy, blueberry, blue hair as it raced around the pen- sending other llamas scattering.
"ERRMMM..." It grumbled, flicking its ears backward, pressing them onto its head. Even Marta could tell that it DID NOT LIKE this.
"GO MARTA!!!!" the band cheered as she struggled to stay on. Then, Ol' Blue charged the wooden gate. Marta could see the band, who were lining the pen, step back. When Billy, who was closest to the latch, stepped back away from the bucking llama, he flung his arms up- undoing the latch!!!
Instantly, the gate swung open, and the llamas trampled out- leaving Marta screaming, holding onto the blue llama for dear life!
"ACK!! GET THOSE LLAMAS!!!" She could hear Judd order from behind. Right before Blue passed a tree with too-low branches- they would have hit Marta's head! - Marta flung herself off as she tumbled onto the ground.
"Marta!"
"Are you okay?!"
"Oh my God?!"
"KILL THE LLAMAS!!"
"Noo! They're more valuable than you'll ever be! Round them up!!!!"
"I think she's hurt!"
"Give her air, people!"
"Get away from me and get those stupid llamas!!!" Marta roared. As she bounced up, she gained confused looks from the others. A new feeling was coming over her. That llama had embarrassed her and taken advantage over her. It was NOT going to happen... again. She would get that stupid llama if it was the last thing she did...
"You heard the little lady- er, I mean, Marta. Get those llamas!" Judd pointed to the horizon, where the llamas on the loose were grazing from grass near the drive entrance.
"Let's break off into groups- I call I'm captain!" Freddy claimed.
"Me, too!" Katie volunteered.
"No." Marta said venomously. "Freddy, me, Katie, and Judd here are going to be captains. Freddy's team is going to run to rush the llamas from here. Meanwhile, my group will be behind the llamas. And so they don't bolt to the side, Katie's and Judd's group will be on the sides. And if anyone has a problem with that, I. Don't. Care. That llama... is mine."
Fear crossed all the others' eyes, even Judd's. All they did was nod. Good, thought Marta. Because that llama is going down...
As Marta's group, Alicia, Tomika, and Dewey, circled through the llama corral that lined the side of the road, Katie's group- Billy, Michelle, Eleni - followed them. But instead of passing the grazing llamas in the road, they crouched low by the fence line. Judd's group- Summer and Leonard- did the same but on the other side. Freddy's group- Frankie, Zack, Marco, and Gordon- just stayed put.
"One... two... THREE!!!!" Marta roared. All four groups rushed the llamas from all directions. The black, white, and grey and white llamas just stayed put, eating. The auburn one ran directly into Zack, causing him to spin backwards, yet manage to hang on to the grumbling beast. The patched one jumped past Judd's group and into the llama pasture- where it continued to graze. He was soon followed by the other three.
All was left was Ol' Blue. The others could only stand and watch as Marta faced the circled- in blueberry llama.
"You, Ol' Blue, are mine!!!" She shrieked running and hopping on top of the llama once more! "IKE! Ikeikeikeikeike!!!!!" She let out a warrior cry as she steered Ol' Blue the way you steer a horse with your legs, pressing on either side. Doing that, she rode the llama into... the Llama Pen ring-of-fire-voice. She then gently hopped off, took off her helmet, and looked that llama square in the eye.
"Good boy..." She smiled, patting the llama, who was chewing on some grass- his teeth sticking out like tree branches- on the nose.
"Um, I don't think we'll need the rest of the tour, Judd, but thanks..." Dewey told the llama rancher, as the group piled into the limo.
"This was awesome!" Marta cried with a grin as soon as they were all settled once more.
"Speak for yourself..." Zack groaned, rubbing his head, which now had a lump the size of an egg from the auburn-llama incident.
As they all left for the airport, each of them had something more than they had when they came. Billy, a llama phobia, Michelle, an animal rights mind, Zack, a bruise, and Marta- a new respect towards all llama kind...
A pair of blue eyes peered from behind a rusty, old truck, watching the limo drive away. A girl's hand reached out petting a blue llama who was chewing on grass- his teeth sticking out like tree branches.
"Don't worry, Ol' Blue," Catherine grinned madly, "We'll find Freddy and Marta soon!!!"
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN
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Chapter Six: Llamas on the Loose!
"Dewey..." Marta groaned. A llama farm. They rock out all last night, signing autographs, getting pictures taken, blah blah blah. All. To visit. A llama farm.
"I'm sorry! I know it's not the Everglades or the Appalachian or anything like that, but we would be totally bored otherwise- we have a while until the plane flight! Come on- llamas are cool, man!" Dewey fought back.
The group mumbled to each other as they made their way up the stony, dirt path. To their left was a field with a few trees in it. To their right was a field with a few trees in it. It reminded her of their way to Cincinnati. Only there were llamas- instead of squirrels.
"Hello!" A man's voice boomed from a barn ahead of them. "You must be the School of Rock! Welcome to the Acres of Plenty Llama Farm!!"
"Um, thanks. It's a... uh, pleasure to be here..." Summer smiled weakly, shaking the man's hand. Marta felt like groaning in boredom but she knew it would be rude...
"I know ya'll probly think that a llama farm is boring, right?" The man asked. Not knowing what to do, the group just kind of shrugged and grumbled.
"Thought so! Well, my name is Judd and I'm gonna show you that Acres of Plenty is not a'plenty boring!" Judd grinned. Why me?! Marta moaned in her head. This guy has probably memorized this entire tour thing! "Follow me this way, and we'll take you to... the Llama Ring."
Only the way he said it made it sound like he was taking them to the Ring of Fire or something.
"Is it just me or is this going to be reallllllly horrible?" Alicia whined into Marta's ear as the group filed off behind Judd.
"Tell me about it..." She replied, sighing. When the group stopped, Marta could only stare in disbelief at the large, square pen that held about six llamas. There was a white llama, a reddish-brown llama, a black llama, a brown llama with white patches, a grey and white llama, and a blue llama. Marta did a double take. A BLUE llama?!?!
"Yup- ya'll may be wondering if that's really a blue llama. It is! We have a special, non-toxic dye, that we use on him- he's our main attraction." Judd told them proudly. "Now- who's brave enough to try to ride Ol' Blue out there?"
Quizzical looks were shot through the crowd.
"Can you ride llamas?" Eleni wondered aloud.
"Yeah- won't it, like, hurt them?" Michelle seconded.
"I'll ride the llama!" Freddy volunteered.
"NO!!!" Came shouts from everywhere.
"Knowing Freddy he will probably set the thing on fire or something..." Dewey explained to the confused Judd.
"Marta- you rode horses, right? Why don't you try to ride the llama?" Alicia pressed. Marta gave her a wide-eyed look.
"What?!"
"You heard me, girl! Now volunteer yourself before I volunteer you!"
"Fine..." And then a little louder, "I guess I'll ride the llama."
"Marta?!" Came lots of confused shouts from the bored crowd.
"I ride horses. This should be no different. So why not?" Marta shrugged- even though she was screaming, "NOOO!!! DON'T DO IT!!!" to herself on the inside.
"Alrighty then. Come here, little missy!" Judd opened the gate, closing it behind her.
"The name is Marta..." She corrected him icily.
"Well, Marta, I'll just give you a leg up and then you can try to stay on. Oh- and here's a helmet. You'll be needing it..." Judd grinned, handing her a helmet from under the fence.
"Aw, man! What the heck am I doing?!" She whispered to herself, strapping the helmet tight on her head. Please don't let me do something stupid...
She hopped up onto "Ol' Blue" with the help of Judd. Hmm... it was kind of like a horse. She wondered how it was when it... ran!!!
"AHHH!!!!!!" Marta screamed, holding onto the llama's wispy, blueberry, blue hair as it raced around the pen- sending other llamas scattering.
"ERRMMM..." It grumbled, flicking its ears backward, pressing them onto its head. Even Marta could tell that it DID NOT LIKE this.
"GO MARTA!!!!" the band cheered as she struggled to stay on. Then, Ol' Blue charged the wooden gate. Marta could see the band, who were lining the pen, step back. When Billy, who was closest to the latch, stepped back away from the bucking llama, he flung his arms up- undoing the latch!!!
Instantly, the gate swung open, and the llamas trampled out- leaving Marta screaming, holding onto the blue llama for dear life!
"ACK!! GET THOSE LLAMAS!!!" She could hear Judd order from behind. Right before Blue passed a tree with too-low branches- they would have hit Marta's head! - Marta flung herself off as she tumbled onto the ground.
"Marta!"
"Are you okay?!"
"Oh my God?!"
"KILL THE LLAMAS!!"
"Noo! They're more valuable than you'll ever be! Round them up!!!!"
"I think she's hurt!"
"Give her air, people!"
"Get away from me and get those stupid llamas!!!" Marta roared. As she bounced up, she gained confused looks from the others. A new feeling was coming over her. That llama had embarrassed her and taken advantage over her. It was NOT going to happen... again. She would get that stupid llama if it was the last thing she did...
"You heard the little lady- er, I mean, Marta. Get those llamas!" Judd pointed to the horizon, where the llamas on the loose were grazing from grass near the drive entrance.
"Let's break off into groups- I call I'm captain!" Freddy claimed.
"Me, too!" Katie volunteered.
"No." Marta said venomously. "Freddy, me, Katie, and Judd here are going to be captains. Freddy's team is going to run to rush the llamas from here. Meanwhile, my group will be behind the llamas. And so they don't bolt to the side, Katie's and Judd's group will be on the sides. And if anyone has a problem with that, I. Don't. Care. That llama... is mine."
Fear crossed all the others' eyes, even Judd's. All they did was nod. Good, thought Marta. Because that llama is going down...
As Marta's group, Alicia, Tomika, and Dewey, circled through the llama corral that lined the side of the road, Katie's group- Billy, Michelle, Eleni - followed them. But instead of passing the grazing llamas in the road, they crouched low by the fence line. Judd's group- Summer and Leonard- did the same but on the other side. Freddy's group- Frankie, Zack, Marco, and Gordon- just stayed put.
"One... two... THREE!!!!" Marta roared. All four groups rushed the llamas from all directions. The black, white, and grey and white llamas just stayed put, eating. The auburn one ran directly into Zack, causing him to spin backwards, yet manage to hang on to the grumbling beast. The patched one jumped past Judd's group and into the llama pasture- where it continued to graze. He was soon followed by the other three.
All was left was Ol' Blue. The others could only stand and watch as Marta faced the circled- in blueberry llama.
"You, Ol' Blue, are mine!!!" She shrieked running and hopping on top of the llama once more! "IKE! Ikeikeikeikeike!!!!!" She let out a warrior cry as she steered Ol' Blue the way you steer a horse with your legs, pressing on either side. Doing that, she rode the llama into... the Llama Pen ring-of-fire-voice. She then gently hopped off, took off her helmet, and looked that llama square in the eye.
"Good boy..." She smiled, patting the llama, who was chewing on some grass- his teeth sticking out like tree branches- on the nose.
"Um, I don't think we'll need the rest of the tour, Judd, but thanks..." Dewey told the llama rancher, as the group piled into the limo.
"This was awesome!" Marta cried with a grin as soon as they were all settled once more.
"Speak for yourself..." Zack groaned, rubbing his head, which now had a lump the size of an egg from the auburn-llama incident.
As they all left for the airport, each of them had something more than they had when they came. Billy, a llama phobia, Michelle, an animal rights mind, Zack, a bruise, and Marta- a new respect towards all llama kind...
A pair of blue eyes peered from behind a rusty, old truck, watching the limo drive away. A girl's hand reached out petting a blue llama who was chewing on grass- his teeth sticking out like tree branches.
"Don't worry, Ol' Blue," Catherine grinned madly, "We'll find Freddy and Marta soon!!!"
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN
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