Encounters: Chapter 9
Down on the Farm
"Ruff ruff!"
"Uh D, what's that strange-weird Rahi that's chasing us?" Lewa asked as they pulled up the driveway to D and Squirt's grandparents.
"Oh, don't worry it's just my grandparents dog, Bootsie. He likes to chase cars." D replied.
"I can see-tell."
"Finally I can stretch my legs!" Meya said when they reached the end of the driveway and leapt out of the vehicle.
Gali helped Tahu out of the Toyota much to his protesting. Finally the Bootsie caught up with them and started whimpering, nudging D's arm and begging for attention.
"Hey boy, how's it going?" she asked.
Bootsie barked as if to answer her question.
"Pa, can I go see Coco, Cheeko and Candy?" Squirt asked.
"Go ahead, but be careful. Coco has been temper mental lately." Pa replied.
"Coco, Cheeko, and Candy?" Onua questioned.
"The horses in the barn." D said. "Coco and Cheeko are brown, and Candy is black."
"Ok…now I have another question…" said Pohatu.
"Which is…?"
"What on Mata-Nui is a horse!"
"Come on, they're over here." D sighed leading them toward a large brown building.
Inside there were the three horses as well as two barn cats, some geese, and a couple of chickens. Squirt walked up to the black horse and began gently stroking the horse's muzzle.
"Hey there Candy. How are ya girl?"
The horse whinnied softly, shaking her head for a moment, which caused her mane to fly up into the air for a moment.
"Well I'm going into the house. Anybody who's coming, follow me." said D.
Everybody except Fox followed D into the house. The house was quite large, made of gray bricks, and consisted of three floors: the main floor, the basement, and the attic. D led them down a hall. At the end where two large rooms, one on the left, the other on the right.
"Alright, girls stay in the room on the left, and boys on the right." D instructed "Everybody got that?"
After everybody nodded D, Meya, Squirt, and Sunshine went into girl's room to unpack. Suddenly everybody heard Fox scream. Everybody rushed outside, only to find Fox up in a tree, attempting to get away from a goose which was jumping up and flapping in vain in order to bite him.
"You didn't tell me you had attack geese!" Fox yelped from up in the tree.
Everybody, including Kopaka, burst out laughing. This was going to be one heck of a visit…
To be continued…