Hi again! This is chapter 2! Yay! Hope you enjoy it!
Milo and his sisters lived a regular boring summer. Sleep, breath, swim, crawl, run hide, eat a lot… and this was getting rather boring. It was a routine schedule.
Every morning get up at sun rise dive into the water run your bill along the bottom to stir up the larva and worms. Then when the sun was higher in the sky, get up on shore and sleep in the sun for a while then dive back down into the water eat some worms and larva, then get back up on shore sleep. This continues relentlessly through out the day.
So this time Milo wanted to do something else that day, just something out of the trend. So that morning when they woke up at dawn the sisters expected Milo to lead the way into the water as usual. Instead, Milo sat up stretched looked around outside then went back to sleep.
All three were very confused about this, so prodded Milo until he was awake again.
"Milo," Terra started slowly. Milo opened an eye to look at her. "Milo, why aren't we going out to stir up the lake bed?"
Milo though about what to say next. I shouldn't tell them to go out by themselves, Aqua will think that she can handle anything. Milo sat up and shook himself off. "My little sister, I want a change of pace, so I'm sleeping in until the sun comes up then I will go out and lay on the shore for the rest of the day."
"But, isn't that dangerous?" Aurora asked. "You know, laying on the shore, vulnerable, all day?
"I guess you could," Milo replied. "But you can do the usual routine, and I'll sit on the shore and watch to make sure you wont get hurt."
"Oh, puhleeez, Milo! We won't ever get hurt! You know, I think that if you stay away from harm the more harm you get! I'm going, see ya later," Aqua declared.
Milo had had enough of Aqua's bad attitude. "Yeah! Go get yourself killed! See if I care!" He chattered after his sister as she splashed into the water.
Aurora and Terra were confused as to what to do. They wanted to be protected by Milo, but they wanted to go take care of Aqua. Then Aurora had an idea.
"Terra," She whispered. "since you're younger than I am you stay here with Milo, I'll go with Aqua. To keep her safe."
Terra nodded, and Aurora slipped into the water after Aqua. Terra sighed and curled back up again. But just as she had closed he eyes she hear her sisters chattering loudly.
"Milo! Aqua and Aurora! They're in trouble!" Terra said leaping up and pushing her brother.
Milo grunted and got to his feet then slipped into the water, Terra following.
He saw what the matter was, a badger had grabbed hold of Aqua's tail and was now pulling her out of the water.
Milo leapt into action. He swam quickly along the shore to where the skirmish was happening. Aurora was biting and clawing at the badger while Aqua was chattering in pain. Milo jumped up and slapped the badger in the face then fell back on the beach. The large animal let go of Aqua and leapt for Milo. He dodged the badger just in time to hit him again with his tail. The badger snarled at Milo and swiped at him, but Milo was too quick, he jumped and landed on his hind flippers then faced the creature.
"Give it your best shot!" he clicked at the badger. When the badger swiped at him again, Milo dodged and kicked it with his back flippers making it roll on it's side. With the badger distracted with getting up Milo slid back into the water with his siblings. He got a mouthful of water a squirted at the badger.
"Come on!" he said swimming forward and away from the stumbling badger his sisters swam ahead and as they reeled away Milo slapped his tail and shouted, "Better luck next time ol' boy!"
The badger grunted and lumbered back into the forest.
The four swam back to the cave, Aurora helping Aqua along because of her tail. They all climbed back inside, Milo laughing, well, chittering. "Ha! Did you see him? He was such a klutz! It was all, 'I have a little brain the size of a pea, and I have feet that don't fit me!' Ha! Ha! Of course no offence to any other badgers that don't try to eat us."
"Ugh! I can't believe you are in charge of us! You are such a child!" Aqua mumbled looking up from examining her tail.
"You of all people saying that!? You are the one who said you could take on anything!" Milo retorted back at Aqua.
The sister looked down. Aurora shot Milo a look. "What?"
"It's 'the pot calling the kettle black.' You're saying she's a child when you act like one too! So just stop!" Aurora growled. Turning to Terra she asked her to get some kelp. Terra nodded and slid back into the water.
Milo was not happy. He shook his head and dived back into the lake. Girls! He thought to himself, swimming away to find some food.
I like Platypuses. The plural of Platypus can be said either Platypuses or Platypi. Cool huh? I looked it up! J
