Spyro meets Nazza
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 4: IDOL SPRINGS]
Spyro the Dragon and Nazza the Blue Wolf walked over to the Idol Springs portal. 'This is the closest portal,' said Spyro. 'Let's go.'
They walked through the portal, and arrived on grass, with a big lake to their left, and a building that led to the next section of the world in front of them.
'I wonder where the keys are here,' said Nazza.
'I have an idea,' said Spyro. He jumped into the water and swum on the surface for a bit. 'You go on and see if you can find any keys, and collect as many gems as you can, and I'll get the gems in this lake, okay?'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Meet me at the exit portal, okay?'
'Okay,' said Spyro. He dived under the water and Nazza walked off, through the building that separated that section from the next.
Nazza looked around. There was a little stream running from one side of the section to the other, with stone walls blocking off the edges of the world so that no one accidentally fell and killed themselves in the cloudy abyss.
There was a little bridge that crossed over this stream. There were also several wooden idols running around chasing little wood-carvers.
'Help me!' said one of the wood-carvers as he was running.
'Yes, help us!' cried another.
'Get Spyro!' said a third.
'Uh, Spyro's busy at the moment,' said Nazza. 'But I'm Spyro's good friend, Nazza. I can help you out!'
'I'd rather be rescued by Spyro,' said the third.
'Yeah,' said the second.
'Okay then,' said Nazza, 'I'll only help out this guy.' He ran over to the idol chasing the first wood-carver and knocked it into the wall. It disappeared in a sparkling cloud.
'We're sorry,' said the second. 'We'll let you help out.'
Nazza charged at the second idol, headbutted it and it disappeared. Nazza then charged at the third idol, and hit it as well.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said the first carver.
'Yes, thank you,' said the second.
'Thanks,' said the third.
'Now,' said Nazza, 'if you don't mind me asking, have you seen any keys lying about lately?'
'Nope, sorry,' the all said at the same time.
'Oh well,' said Nazza. 'If you need any help, just send for me.'
'Or Spyro,' said the third and second.
Nazza turned around. The first carver thought he was going to get angry and ram them, but Nazza just said, 'Yeah. Me or Spyro.'
Nazza walked across the bridge, through the building and into the next section.
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Spyro, meanwhile, dived down and swum around at a fast speed, Sparx picking up all the gems he could see while Spyro dodged the hills that came up out of the water, too high for any living creature (so far) to climb.
Spyro then noticed a hole in the side of the ground that divided the water from the abyss. 'That's strange,' said Spyro, but it came out 'Blat's brange.'
Spyro swam over to the hole and looked down it. It almost certainly led to a secret room. 'Let's go,' said Spyro, although Sparx didn't understand him.
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Nazza walked into the next section, and found a section of land. This time there were four wood-carvers that were being chased by wooden idols.
'Help me!' said the first while running from the idol.
'Yes, help us!' said the second.
'Someone get Spyro!' said the third.
'Hang on a second, there's a blue wolf here to save us!' said the fourth.
'I want Spyro!' said the third.
'Looks like everyone except you is going to be saved,' said Nazza. He charged at the first idol, knocked it out, charged at the second idol, and knocked it into the fourth. They all disappeared in a sparkling cloud that zoomed past.
'Hey!' said the third. 'Somebody help me! Please!'
'You wanted to wait for Spyro,' said Nazza. 'I'm leaving.'
'No! I've changed my mind! I want to be saved!'
'Okay,' said Nazza. He charged at the last idol and knocked it into the mud. 'Next time you need help, send for Nazza.'
'Or Spyro,' said the third.
There was a moment of tense silence, before Nazza said, 'Yeah. Send for Nazza or Spyro.'
Nazza turned to leave, but then turned around again and said, 'By the way, have any of you guys seen any keys lying around lately?'
'Well,' said the second carver, 'My wife lost her car keys, but then I found them again. Do you need my wife's car for some reason?'
'No,' said Nazza. 'Thanks anyway.'
He turned back around.
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Spyro and Sparx swam down the tunnel, and found it led to a pool. Spyro burst up into air and floated around on the surface till Sparx got back.
They jumped out and found a tunnel paved with stone on all the walls and the ceiling and the floor. The tunnel led to a giant room covered in stone. There was a wood-carver who was standing there thinking. As they entered the room they noticed a giant idol head sleeping on the left side of the room from the entrance.
'Uh, hello?' said Spyro.
'Ah,' said the wood-carver, running over. 'Could you help me please, Spyro?'
'Uh, sure,' said Spyro. 'What do you need help with?'
'This wooden idol has imprisoned me in here,' said the wood-carver. 'He gave me three tasks, and if I can do them all in a row, I can be freed. But I can't seem to do the three tasks he gives me.'
'Sure I'll help you,' said Spyro.
'What's the first task?'
'I need to answer a few questions,' said the wood-carver. 'Oh mighty idol, please wake up!'
The idol head woke up, shaking its head. 'What do you want?' it bellowed.
'I am ready to do the first task,' said the wood-carver. 'May I have the help of Spyro?'
'Very well,' said the idol. 'First question: who is the best?'
'You are, sir,' said the wood-carver.
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Second question: why should you walk a mile in someone's shoes?'
'I always get this one wrong,' said the wood-carver. 'Could you help me out, Spyro?'
'Uh.um.You should walk a mile in someone's shoes because.you're a mile away from that person, and you have their shoes?'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Last question: How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?'
'I always get this one wrong as well,' said the wood-carver.
'Can't understand why,' said Spyro sarcastically. 'None, because Moses wasn't on the ark, it was Noah.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'You may proceed to the second task.'
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Nazza turned around and entered a stone tunnel. It turned this way and that and there were several caterpillars that turned into butterflies when Nazza headbutted them. There were two wood-carvers being chased by idols.
'Help me!' said the first.
'Yes, someone help us!' said the second.
Nazza charged at one idol and headbutted it, but it wouldn't disappear, so Nazza kept running and hit the other idol. They both disappeared in two sparkling clouds that zoomed away.
'Thanks,' said the first.
'Have you guys seen any keys lately?' asked Nazza.
'No, sorry,' said the first.
'Yeah,' said the second.
'Well, if you find one, ask around for Nazza,' said the blue wolf. 'That's me.'
'Or Spyro,' said the second.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'Spyro or Nazza.'
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'What's the second task?' asked Spyro.
'Follow me,' said the wood-carver. He jumped into the water, and Spyro and Sparx followed.
They emerged in the lake at the start of Idol Springs, and jumped out of the water. 'See that big hill there?' said the wood-carver. 'The one that looks like an idol head?'
'Yeah,' said Spyro.
'It's an idol head,' said the wood-carver.
'What's our second task?' asked Spyro.
'We need to feed this idol head,' said the carver.
'What does it eat?' asked Spyro.
'Fish.'
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Nazza got to the other end of the tunnel to find several wood-carvers being chased by idols, a stone room across from the end of the tunnel, a hill to the left of this room, and several weird different-coloured different- shaped stones put into the ground.
Nazza counted. There were seven idols chasing seven wood-carvers. 'This should be easy enough,' said Nazza. He ran at one of the idols and headbutted it.
Nothing happened.
'That's strange,' said Nazza. 'The idol only seems slightly agitated. And I've got a big headache.'
'These are made from a strong sort of wood,' said the wood-carver that was getting chased by the idol Nazza had headbutted. 'They can't be destroyed by headbutting them, like the others.'
'Yeah,' said the second.
Nazza thought for a while. 'What about fire? Can they be destroyed by fire?'
'Sure,' said the third. 'But you're not Spyro. At least you don't look like him.'
'I'm Nazza,' said the blue wolf. 'But I *do* have this.' He pulled a flamethrower out of his invisible backpack, strapped it to his back and grabbed the end that shot out flames. He held down a button and sprayed all the idols in flames. They were burnt to crisp, and then disappeared in several sparkling white clouds.
'Thanks, thanks a lot,' said the fourth wood-carver. Nazza looked around. He had accidentally set fire to the wood-carvers as well.
'Oops.'
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Spyro and the wood-carver were swimming around the bottom of the lake, looking for fish. Spyro remembered what the carver had said about the second task.
='Yes, you need to feed him fish,' said the wood-carver.=
='What's so bad about that? It doesn't seem like a very hard task,' said Spyro. Sparx nodded in agreement.=
='You need to swim in the lake and catch the fish with your bare hands,' said the carver. 'Or in your case, bare paws.'=
='That doesn't seem so hard,' said Spyro.=
='He only likes a few types of fish,' said the carver. 'If you feed him the wrong types, he'll vomit all the fish back up. He has a sensitive stomach.'=
Spyro swam around, gently moving his paws as he scanned the area for fish. He noticed a long blue one eating off the bottom, so Spyro charged at it and grabbed it in his mouth before the fish could move.
While the carver was trying to catch a small, fat orange fish, Spyro surfaced, and sent the fish flying in flames into the idol's mouth. It chewed for a while, then swallowed. 'Mmm, crispy, just the way I like them,' it said.
'Okay,' said Spyro. 'It likes blue fish.'
The wood-carver jumped out of the water with a short, fat orange fish. He threw it into the idol's mouth. It chewed for a while, then said 'Not as tasty, but it'll do. I want.eight more fishes, please.'
Spyro sighed. It was gonna be one long day.
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Nazza walked over to the stone room, and found a wood-carver, a portal and a doorway onto that hill.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said the wood-carver. 'You have ridded our wonderful land of the evil idols. How can we ever thank you?'
'Have you got any keys?' asked Nazza.
'Yes,' said the wood-carver. 'Here you go.'
=============================1 Key(s) Found==============================
Meanwhile, Spyro was grabbing blue and orange fish and feeding them to the idol. He grabbed one last orange one, and threw it into the idol's mouth.
'I'm not hungry anymore,' said the idol head. 'Proceed to the last task.'
Spyro followed the wood-carver to the funny different-coloured different- shaped things that were stuck in the ground. The wood-carver pressed a button on the ground and the different-shaped things elevated out of the ground.
'You need to hop onto one of these,' said the wood-carver. Spyro jumped on a white star, and the wood-carver on a blue circle.
An idol appeared on a green square. 'You must answer, correctly, five questions for this last task.'
'Okay then,' said the wood-carver.
'I'm ready,' said Spyro.
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'Are there any other problems in Idol Springs?' asked Nazza.
'Yes,' said the wood-carver. 'There's a group of idols holding our hula- girls captive.'
'Where do I go?' asked Nazza.
'There's a portal on that hill outside,' said the wood-carver.
'Thanks,' said Nazza. He walked out onto the hill, and saw the different- coloured, different-shaped things floating a foot or two above the ground. Spyro was on a white star, a wood-carver on a blue circle, and an idol on a green square.
'Hey Nazza!' said Spyro.
'Hey,' said Nazza. 'Do you want me to kill that idol?'
'No thanks,' said Spyro.
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'I'm going to save some hula girls. Meet me back here, okay?' He stepped through the portal and arrived at another section of Idol Springs. There were two pyramids and in between them what looked like a sheet of sparkling glass, although there was no glass. There was a path that was blocked off in eight parts by wooden blocks, upon which were a hula girl, dancing about, looking at the leader of hula girls who was strapped up and being taunted by a giant wooden idol.
Nazza walked through the two pyramids and suddenly shot off like a rocket. He hit the wall and got a major headache. 'Ow, that hurt.'
He walked back to the pyramids, and walked through them again. He shot off, and followed the path. As he hit the wooden blocks the hula girl on top was launched over to the leader hula girl who was strapped up. Nazza continued following the path, which was hard because he was going so fast. He hit all eight of the blocks, and watched as the hula girls began dancing. Suddenly a raincloud appeared over the idol, and it poured down on him. The water made him crack and burst into pieces.
'Thank you Nazza, for helping me get freed,' said the leader hula girl once the others unstrapped her. 'Here, take this key I found.'
==============================2 Keys Found==============================
'Okay, the first question,' said the idol. Before he could continue, Nazza appeared on the hill nearby.
'Hey Nazza!' said Spyro.
'Hey,' said Nazza. 'You want me to kill that idol?'
'No thanks,' Spyro replied.
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'I'm going to save some hula girls. Meet me back here, okay?'
'Okay,' said Spyro. Nazza stepped through a portal and disappeared.
'As I was saying,' said the idol. 'First question: Let's say I'm in a house.'
'What type of house?' asked the wood-carver.
'I don't know,' said the idol. 'Okay. I'm in a house, which has one room.'
'What's the wallpaper in the room?' asked the wood-carver.
'Don't worry,' said Spyro. 'I'll figure this one out.'
'I'm in this room,' continued the idol. 'Each side of the room has a window. Each window has a southern exposure.
'A bear walks past one of the windows. What colour is it?'
'Brown!' said the wood-carver.
'White,' said Spyro. 'It's white, because if each window has southern exposure, it's at the North Pole. That means the bear is a polar bear.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Second question: I have two coins, that add up to fifty-five cents. This is for you, Spyro, since you know about American currency. I have these two coins that add up to fifty-five cents. One isn't a nickle. What two coins am I holding?'
'A quarter and two dimes?' asked the wood-carver.
'A fifty-cent coin and a nickle,' said Spyro. The wood-carver stared at him.
'I thought that a nickle wasn't allowed!' said the wood-carver.
'The idol said *one* of the coins isn't a nickle,' said Spyro. 'That coin is the fifty-cent coin.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Last question: Am I allowed by law to marry my widow's sister?'
'Um.yes?' said the wood-carver.
'You can't,' said Spyro. 'If you had a widow that means you're dead, so you can't marry your widow's sister because you're dead!'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Here's a key for Spyro, and the wood-carver is allowed to run free.'
'Thanks Spyro!' said the wood-carver.
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Nazza appeared out of the portal and saw Spyro. 'Here's a key for Spyro, and the wood-carver is allowed to run free,' said the idol.
'Thanks Spyro!' said the wood carver.
Nazza saw a key float over to Spyro. 'Hey Spyro! Ready to leave?'
'Yeah,' said Spyro. 'Have you got all the gems?'
'I think,' said Nazza. 'I have two-hundred and fifty-one.'
'That's enough,' said Spyro. 'Let's go.'
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===Spyro and Nazza's Journal===
[PAGE 4]
=Idol Springs=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Idol Exterminator
(2) Hula Girls
(3) Idol's Tasks
(4) 400 Gems
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Next Chapter: Not telling. You'll find out.
Did You Know? In Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer the aim of the game was to collect talismans and orbs.
N.B. Spyro the Dragon and associated characters belong to *Sony*, Universal Studios in particular/ Nazza is a creation from the mind of Nazza/
[CHAPTER 4: IDOL SPRINGS]
Spyro the Dragon and Nazza the Blue Wolf walked over to the Idol Springs portal. 'This is the closest portal,' said Spyro. 'Let's go.'
They walked through the portal, and arrived on grass, with a big lake to their left, and a building that led to the next section of the world in front of them.
'I wonder where the keys are here,' said Nazza.
'I have an idea,' said Spyro. He jumped into the water and swum on the surface for a bit. 'You go on and see if you can find any keys, and collect as many gems as you can, and I'll get the gems in this lake, okay?'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Meet me at the exit portal, okay?'
'Okay,' said Spyro. He dived under the water and Nazza walked off, through the building that separated that section from the next.
Nazza looked around. There was a little stream running from one side of the section to the other, with stone walls blocking off the edges of the world so that no one accidentally fell and killed themselves in the cloudy abyss.
There was a little bridge that crossed over this stream. There were also several wooden idols running around chasing little wood-carvers.
'Help me!' said one of the wood-carvers as he was running.
'Yes, help us!' cried another.
'Get Spyro!' said a third.
'Uh, Spyro's busy at the moment,' said Nazza. 'But I'm Spyro's good friend, Nazza. I can help you out!'
'I'd rather be rescued by Spyro,' said the third.
'Yeah,' said the second.
'Okay then,' said Nazza, 'I'll only help out this guy.' He ran over to the idol chasing the first wood-carver and knocked it into the wall. It disappeared in a sparkling cloud.
'We're sorry,' said the second. 'We'll let you help out.'
Nazza charged at the second idol, headbutted it and it disappeared. Nazza then charged at the third idol, and hit it as well.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said the first carver.
'Yes, thank you,' said the second.
'Thanks,' said the third.
'Now,' said Nazza, 'if you don't mind me asking, have you seen any keys lying about lately?'
'Nope, sorry,' the all said at the same time.
'Oh well,' said Nazza. 'If you need any help, just send for me.'
'Or Spyro,' said the third and second.
Nazza turned around. The first carver thought he was going to get angry and ram them, but Nazza just said, 'Yeah. Me or Spyro.'
Nazza walked across the bridge, through the building and into the next section.
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Spyro, meanwhile, dived down and swum around at a fast speed, Sparx picking up all the gems he could see while Spyro dodged the hills that came up out of the water, too high for any living creature (so far) to climb.
Spyro then noticed a hole in the side of the ground that divided the water from the abyss. 'That's strange,' said Spyro, but it came out 'Blat's brange.'
Spyro swam over to the hole and looked down it. It almost certainly led to a secret room. 'Let's go,' said Spyro, although Sparx didn't understand him.
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Nazza walked into the next section, and found a section of land. This time there were four wood-carvers that were being chased by wooden idols.
'Help me!' said the first while running from the idol.
'Yes, help us!' said the second.
'Someone get Spyro!' said the third.
'Hang on a second, there's a blue wolf here to save us!' said the fourth.
'I want Spyro!' said the third.
'Looks like everyone except you is going to be saved,' said Nazza. He charged at the first idol, knocked it out, charged at the second idol, and knocked it into the fourth. They all disappeared in a sparkling cloud that zoomed past.
'Hey!' said the third. 'Somebody help me! Please!'
'You wanted to wait for Spyro,' said Nazza. 'I'm leaving.'
'No! I've changed my mind! I want to be saved!'
'Okay,' said Nazza. He charged at the last idol and knocked it into the mud. 'Next time you need help, send for Nazza.'
'Or Spyro,' said the third.
There was a moment of tense silence, before Nazza said, 'Yeah. Send for Nazza or Spyro.'
Nazza turned to leave, but then turned around again and said, 'By the way, have any of you guys seen any keys lying around lately?'
'Well,' said the second carver, 'My wife lost her car keys, but then I found them again. Do you need my wife's car for some reason?'
'No,' said Nazza. 'Thanks anyway.'
He turned back around.
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Spyro and Sparx swam down the tunnel, and found it led to a pool. Spyro burst up into air and floated around on the surface till Sparx got back.
They jumped out and found a tunnel paved with stone on all the walls and the ceiling and the floor. The tunnel led to a giant room covered in stone. There was a wood-carver who was standing there thinking. As they entered the room they noticed a giant idol head sleeping on the left side of the room from the entrance.
'Uh, hello?' said Spyro.
'Ah,' said the wood-carver, running over. 'Could you help me please, Spyro?'
'Uh, sure,' said Spyro. 'What do you need help with?'
'This wooden idol has imprisoned me in here,' said the wood-carver. 'He gave me three tasks, and if I can do them all in a row, I can be freed. But I can't seem to do the three tasks he gives me.'
'Sure I'll help you,' said Spyro.
'What's the first task?'
'I need to answer a few questions,' said the wood-carver. 'Oh mighty idol, please wake up!'
The idol head woke up, shaking its head. 'What do you want?' it bellowed.
'I am ready to do the first task,' said the wood-carver. 'May I have the help of Spyro?'
'Very well,' said the idol. 'First question: who is the best?'
'You are, sir,' said the wood-carver.
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Second question: why should you walk a mile in someone's shoes?'
'I always get this one wrong,' said the wood-carver. 'Could you help me out, Spyro?'
'Uh.um.You should walk a mile in someone's shoes because.you're a mile away from that person, and you have their shoes?'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Last question: How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?'
'I always get this one wrong as well,' said the wood-carver.
'Can't understand why,' said Spyro sarcastically. 'None, because Moses wasn't on the ark, it was Noah.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'You may proceed to the second task.'
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Nazza turned around and entered a stone tunnel. It turned this way and that and there were several caterpillars that turned into butterflies when Nazza headbutted them. There were two wood-carvers being chased by idols.
'Help me!' said the first.
'Yes, someone help us!' said the second.
Nazza charged at one idol and headbutted it, but it wouldn't disappear, so Nazza kept running and hit the other idol. They both disappeared in two sparkling clouds that zoomed away.
'Thanks,' said the first.
'Have you guys seen any keys lately?' asked Nazza.
'No, sorry,' said the first.
'Yeah,' said the second.
'Well, if you find one, ask around for Nazza,' said the blue wolf. 'That's me.'
'Or Spyro,' said the second.
'Yeah,' said Nazza. 'Spyro or Nazza.'
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'What's the second task?' asked Spyro.
'Follow me,' said the wood-carver. He jumped into the water, and Spyro and Sparx followed.
They emerged in the lake at the start of Idol Springs, and jumped out of the water. 'See that big hill there?' said the wood-carver. 'The one that looks like an idol head?'
'Yeah,' said Spyro.
'It's an idol head,' said the wood-carver.
'What's our second task?' asked Spyro.
'We need to feed this idol head,' said the carver.
'What does it eat?' asked Spyro.
'Fish.'
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Nazza got to the other end of the tunnel to find several wood-carvers being chased by idols, a stone room across from the end of the tunnel, a hill to the left of this room, and several weird different-coloured different- shaped stones put into the ground.
Nazza counted. There were seven idols chasing seven wood-carvers. 'This should be easy enough,' said Nazza. He ran at one of the idols and headbutted it.
Nothing happened.
'That's strange,' said Nazza. 'The idol only seems slightly agitated. And I've got a big headache.'
'These are made from a strong sort of wood,' said the wood-carver that was getting chased by the idol Nazza had headbutted. 'They can't be destroyed by headbutting them, like the others.'
'Yeah,' said the second.
Nazza thought for a while. 'What about fire? Can they be destroyed by fire?'
'Sure,' said the third. 'But you're not Spyro. At least you don't look like him.'
'I'm Nazza,' said the blue wolf. 'But I *do* have this.' He pulled a flamethrower out of his invisible backpack, strapped it to his back and grabbed the end that shot out flames. He held down a button and sprayed all the idols in flames. They were burnt to crisp, and then disappeared in several sparkling white clouds.
'Thanks, thanks a lot,' said the fourth wood-carver. Nazza looked around. He had accidentally set fire to the wood-carvers as well.
'Oops.'
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Spyro and the wood-carver were swimming around the bottom of the lake, looking for fish. Spyro remembered what the carver had said about the second task.
='Yes, you need to feed him fish,' said the wood-carver.=
='What's so bad about that? It doesn't seem like a very hard task,' said Spyro. Sparx nodded in agreement.=
='You need to swim in the lake and catch the fish with your bare hands,' said the carver. 'Or in your case, bare paws.'=
='That doesn't seem so hard,' said Spyro.=
='He only likes a few types of fish,' said the carver. 'If you feed him the wrong types, he'll vomit all the fish back up. He has a sensitive stomach.'=
Spyro swam around, gently moving his paws as he scanned the area for fish. He noticed a long blue one eating off the bottom, so Spyro charged at it and grabbed it in his mouth before the fish could move.
While the carver was trying to catch a small, fat orange fish, Spyro surfaced, and sent the fish flying in flames into the idol's mouth. It chewed for a while, then swallowed. 'Mmm, crispy, just the way I like them,' it said.
'Okay,' said Spyro. 'It likes blue fish.'
The wood-carver jumped out of the water with a short, fat orange fish. He threw it into the idol's mouth. It chewed for a while, then said 'Not as tasty, but it'll do. I want.eight more fishes, please.'
Spyro sighed. It was gonna be one long day.
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Nazza walked over to the stone room, and found a wood-carver, a portal and a doorway onto that hill.
'Thank you, Nazza,' said the wood-carver. 'You have ridded our wonderful land of the evil idols. How can we ever thank you?'
'Have you got any keys?' asked Nazza.
'Yes,' said the wood-carver. 'Here you go.'
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Meanwhile, Spyro was grabbing blue and orange fish and feeding them to the idol. He grabbed one last orange one, and threw it into the idol's mouth.
'I'm not hungry anymore,' said the idol head. 'Proceed to the last task.'
Spyro followed the wood-carver to the funny different-coloured different- shaped things that were stuck in the ground. The wood-carver pressed a button on the ground and the different-shaped things elevated out of the ground.
'You need to hop onto one of these,' said the wood-carver. Spyro jumped on a white star, and the wood-carver on a blue circle.
An idol appeared on a green square. 'You must answer, correctly, five questions for this last task.'
'Okay then,' said the wood-carver.
'I'm ready,' said Spyro.
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'Are there any other problems in Idol Springs?' asked Nazza.
'Yes,' said the wood-carver. 'There's a group of idols holding our hula- girls captive.'
'Where do I go?' asked Nazza.
'There's a portal on that hill outside,' said the wood-carver.
'Thanks,' said Nazza. He walked out onto the hill, and saw the different- coloured, different-shaped things floating a foot or two above the ground. Spyro was on a white star, a wood-carver on a blue circle, and an idol on a green square.
'Hey Nazza!' said Spyro.
'Hey,' said Nazza. 'Do you want me to kill that idol?'
'No thanks,' said Spyro.
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'I'm going to save some hula girls. Meet me back here, okay?' He stepped through the portal and arrived at another section of Idol Springs. There were two pyramids and in between them what looked like a sheet of sparkling glass, although there was no glass. There was a path that was blocked off in eight parts by wooden blocks, upon which were a hula girl, dancing about, looking at the leader of hula girls who was strapped up and being taunted by a giant wooden idol.
Nazza walked through the two pyramids and suddenly shot off like a rocket. He hit the wall and got a major headache. 'Ow, that hurt.'
He walked back to the pyramids, and walked through them again. He shot off, and followed the path. As he hit the wooden blocks the hula girl on top was launched over to the leader hula girl who was strapped up. Nazza continued following the path, which was hard because he was going so fast. He hit all eight of the blocks, and watched as the hula girls began dancing. Suddenly a raincloud appeared over the idol, and it poured down on him. The water made him crack and burst into pieces.
'Thank you Nazza, for helping me get freed,' said the leader hula girl once the others unstrapped her. 'Here, take this key I found.'
==============================2 Keys Found==============================
'Okay, the first question,' said the idol. Before he could continue, Nazza appeared on the hill nearby.
'Hey Nazza!' said Spyro.
'Hey,' said Nazza. 'You want me to kill that idol?'
'No thanks,' Spyro replied.
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'I'm going to save some hula girls. Meet me back here, okay?'
'Okay,' said Spyro. Nazza stepped through a portal and disappeared.
'As I was saying,' said the idol. 'First question: Let's say I'm in a house.'
'What type of house?' asked the wood-carver.
'I don't know,' said the idol. 'Okay. I'm in a house, which has one room.'
'What's the wallpaper in the room?' asked the wood-carver.
'Don't worry,' said Spyro. 'I'll figure this one out.'
'I'm in this room,' continued the idol. 'Each side of the room has a window. Each window has a southern exposure.
'A bear walks past one of the windows. What colour is it?'
'Brown!' said the wood-carver.
'White,' said Spyro. 'It's white, because if each window has southern exposure, it's at the North Pole. That means the bear is a polar bear.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Second question: I have two coins, that add up to fifty-five cents. This is for you, Spyro, since you know about American currency. I have these two coins that add up to fifty-five cents. One isn't a nickle. What two coins am I holding?'
'A quarter and two dimes?' asked the wood-carver.
'A fifty-cent coin and a nickle,' said Spyro. The wood-carver stared at him.
'I thought that a nickle wasn't allowed!' said the wood-carver.
'The idol said *one* of the coins isn't a nickle,' said Spyro. 'That coin is the fifty-cent coin.'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Last question: Am I allowed by law to marry my widow's sister?'
'Um.yes?' said the wood-carver.
'You can't,' said Spyro. 'If you had a widow that means you're dead, so you can't marry your widow's sister because you're dead!'
'Correct,' said the idol. 'Here's a key for Spyro, and the wood-carver is allowed to run free.'
'Thanks Spyro!' said the wood-carver.
==============================3 Keys Found==============================
Nazza appeared out of the portal and saw Spyro. 'Here's a key for Spyro, and the wood-carver is allowed to run free,' said the idol.
'Thanks Spyro!' said the wood carver.
Nazza saw a key float over to Spyro. 'Hey Spyro! Ready to leave?'
'Yeah,' said Spyro. 'Have you got all the gems?'
'I think,' said Nazza. 'I have two-hundred and fifty-one.'
'That's enough,' said Spyro. 'Let's go.'
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===Spyro and Nazza's Journal===
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=Idol Springs=
Gems: 400
Keys: 4/4
(1) Idol Exterminator
(2) Hula Girls
(3) Idol's Tasks
(4) 400 Gems
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Next Chapter: Not telling. You'll find out.
Did You Know? In Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer the aim of the game was to collect talismans and orbs.