CHAPTER 5
WHERE'S THE KID?
The next morning, Ellie woke up to notice that Cheril wasn't sleeping in her trunk. Her eyes widened when she looked around, worrimemt spreading around her mind. She looked to see Shira sleeping peacefully. With fire in her eyes, Ellie stomped over to the female saber.
She shoved her trunk on Shira's shoulder to wake her up. "What the heck?"
"Where's Cheril?" Ellie asked angrily.
"You lost her?"
They both only had one other person in mind. "Brooke!"
Not too far away from where Ellie and Shira were, Brooke was sitting inside of a mud tub with two other male hippie sloths. They were admiring little Cheril, who was in Brooke's arms.
"I don't believe it," one of the male hippie sloths said, "This thing is so hideous, but adorable at the same time."
"I know, man," the other male sloth said, "Where did you find it at?"
"Oh, the poor thing was out there, lost and alone," Broooke said, "Sabers were coming up towards her, so I grabbed her as quick as I could and ran off."
"Really? Dude, this hippie chick is definitely awesome."
"Well, this little one needed me. I will say that one of you would've done the same thing I did for this little one if you were in my shoes."
"Would you find one of us attractive?" the first male sloth asked.
"Well, that depends," Brooke said when she noticed that Cheril had fell out of her arms and landed in the mud bath. She picked her up, seeing that she was completely covered in mud. "Whoops! Well, you know how kids are. So, about what you asked?" Brooke began wiping mud off her face when she looked to see that it was Ellie's trunk that she used as a wash cloth. She gasped. "Oh, hello, Ellie darling. How are you doing this fine morning?"
"What's the matter with you?" Ellie asked, removing Cheril out of Brooke's arms.
"Oh dear. Well, boys, I'll be right back. Continuing marinating in the mud until I return." She jumped out of the mud bath. "Handsome hippies."
While Brooke walked off, the two males looked at each other. "You know, I may a hippie, but I believe in family."
"It's too bad guys like us never last long."
Meanwhile, Ellie was walking off with a muddy Cheril in her trunk as Brooke ran up to her. "Ellie dear, what are you doing? Please, I'm begging you. I need her."
"Oh, come on, Brooke," Ellie said, "You don't need a kid to get all the boys attention. You are beautiful and perfect just the way you are."
"Oh, you're just saying that because you truly believe inside that I am nothing but a worthless hippie sloth."
"No, I have faith that you'll win those boys heart. Just go to them and try. That's all you can do."
"Oh, I always knew you believed in me. Thank you, Ellie. You are a true friend."
"Without Cheril."
"Ellie, please. I need her." It was too late as Ellie had walked off with Cheril. Sighing, Brooke went back over to the mud bath where she met the two male hippie sloths. "So, boys, where were we?"
Brooke was surprised as she saw two female sloths sitting in the mud bath she thought the two male sloths were in. She giggled as she knew who the two female sloths were.
"Um, do we know you?" the female sloth named Cynthia asked.
"Sorry, I'm afraid I've never seen you before in my life," Brooke said nervously.
"Wait a second," the female sloth named Jane said, "You're the hippie sloth that ruined our breakfast the other day."
"Oh, dear."
"I think you know what we have to do next," Cynthia said as she stood up and called out, "DADDY!"
This sudden outburst made Brooke scream in terror. "AHHHH!"
A few minutes away, Ellie was making her way over to the river to help clean Cheril up. "The nerve of Brooke. Putting you in the middle of all that. You are not a you to carry around for somebody to show off. You are a living being. Even I know that."
"I don't know what any of that means," Cheril said giggling.
Ellie sighed. "I know. You're only a little girl. Children don't really know what adults try to say." Ellie placed Cheril on the ground as she squirted water in her trunk and sprayed the water on the little human girl, cleaning the mud off her. "There you go. Nice and clean."
"Can I ask you a question?"
"I don't see why not. What is it, sweetie?"
"When you squirt water from your trunk, does it taste like boogers?"
"Uh, no. Well, sometimes."
Cheril giggled. "Can I ride on your back?"
"Alright." Ellie placed the young girl on her back. It seemed like a big mistake for the female mammoth as Cheril started playing around in Ellie's hair. "Hey, my back is not a jungle gym. If you can't sit still, I'll out you back on the ground." That's when Cheril pulled a few strands of fur from Ellie's trunk, making Ellie scream in pain. "Owww!" Cheril giggled as Ellie looked at her sternly. "Okay, that's it, missy. You just earned a time-out." Ellie placed Cheril on a tree at the very top.
Cheril was laughing playfully. "Look at me. I'm having so much fun."
"Being in time-out is not as fun as you think." Ellie placed her trunk up to move Cheril up higher before she looked to see that the little girl was hugging her trunk. She smiled at the affection. "I will admit that you are cute when you give others a hug." Ellie took Cheril off the tree. "Oh, I can't stay mad at you." Ellie smiled she let Cheril cuddle on her. Ellie hadn't felt love like this in a long time.
Not too far away, Shira was searching for breakfast when Brooke ran up to her. Shira gave Brooke a look. "What the heck are you doing?"
"Oh, thank goodness I found you, Shira," Brooke said, "Just play along with me."
"What? Why?"
"Oh, No! A saber-tooth tiger. Help me! Help me, please! Oh, I am a damsel in distress."
"What do I look like? Somebody that's trying to lead your Prince Charming over here? By the way, where's Cheril?"
"Oh, she's with Ellie. Just put me in your mouth. Come on. Do it." Brooke turned around. "Oh, she got me! Somebody help me!"
"Get away from me." Shira started to walk away. That's when Brooke had no choice but to do the ultimate move. She kicked Shira in the bottom, causing the female saber to shout in pain. "OW!" Growling, Shira ran up to Brooke and placed the hippie sloth in her mouth.
"Where is she, girls?" an older muscular blue male sloth asked.
"She's over here, Daddy," Jane said.
The three sloths gasped when they looked to see that Brooke was in Shira's mouth as she was pretending to breathe her last breath of life. Cynthia groaned. "Really? The tiger just had to best us to the hippie sloth? What's with sabers and always eating meat?"
"Daddy, do you think she's still alive?"
"There's only one way to tell," the female sloths father said, "Sometimes a sloth starts to grow an odor by the time they're killed." The older male sloth walked over to Brooke and Shira as he examined the hippie sloth who was thought to be dead. Sniffing her, he found a pungent odor that was too difficult to handle. Even Shira could smell it and Brooke normally had the scent of roses and lavender. It was so bad, Cynthia and Jane's father had no choice but to see that Brooke was killed. "Sorry, girls. She's dead."
"Why is it that carnivores get all the fun?" Cynthia asked.
"We were hoping that you would roast her over the fire, Daddy," Jane said.
"Now, girls, you know that I'm not cruel," the father said.
Brooke smiled as she was happy that they were finally gone. "Oh, thank you, Shira darling. You are such a life saving blessing. I really do thank you for doing this." Brooke was Just about to remove herself from Shira's mouth, but the saber wouldn't let go. "Um, Shira, you can let go now." Shira still wouldn't budge, putting fear in Brooke's mind. "Ellie! Ellie!"
As if on cue, Ellie walked by. "Girls, I thought we were staying on the trail. Shira, spit Brooke out. You don't know where she's been."
Shira dropped Brooke on the ground, letting Brooke sigh in relief. "Oh, thank goodness. For a moment there, I really thought you were going to eat me."
"I don't eat vegetarian meat," Shira said while walking away.
"Excuse me, but I'm not made our of tofu. By the way, were you planning to eat me?"
After the whole morning fiasco ended, the three females continued their journey to take Cheril back to her human tribe.
OKAY, THIS CHAPTER SOUNDED A LOT MORE LIKE THE SCRIPT. MY APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT. DON'T WORRY. I'M SURE THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE EVEN BETTER.
WELL, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE OUT SOON.
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