"Penny, my dear! Slow down!"
Penny laughed as she stopped jogging then turned toward the older man trying to catch his breath as he tagged after her.
"You are too old!" Penny announced.
Locksmith leaned against a tree then glared at her.
"Never too old!" Locksmith protested over her laughter.
Penny knelt to her knees, her figure trembling with laughter, then watched him fall before her eyes and the ground give out beneath him with a shriek. She made a bolt for him then loomed over the edge spotting him grasping on to a tree root.
"Heeeeeeeeeelp!" Locksmith cried.
She went over searching the ground for a long enough stick-she paused, finding a long tree branch then picked it up and turned back in the direction of the unexpected sink hole. She flung the tree branch forward and the older man looked up toward her direction.
"Here it is!" Penny cried.
"Oh! Thank heavens!" Locksmith jumped on to the tree branch then was swung back and forth by the long tree branch. "I am saved by a friend!"
Smith let out a girly shriek as she tugged the tree branch up then he climbed up using the edge of the sink hole taking Penny's offered hand.
"That is one big sink hole." Penny said.
Locksmith grimaced.
"Hmmm. . ." Locksmith said. "Ah ha!" His eyes flashed open then grinned pointing on ahead of him. "There is a natural path leading back to where we need to be!"
Locksmith paused before continuing then put a hand on her shoulder.
"You have a natural ability at finding what you need, dear Penny." Locksmith replied patting on his shoulder looking down toward her. "Thank you for saving my life quickly as you did."
Locksmith walked on as Penny stood there absorbing in the unexpected compliment then began to smile.