CHAPTER 2
A WEIRD START
All the mammals started the migration in order to make it to the boat. Everybody got their families together to start making it over to the boat. Vultures were sitting in the trees, watching the large group of animals make their way towards life. Mammals big and small had just began their travels. Our three female mammals were traveling together, along with Manny. They had no idea he was following them until Ellie turned around and have him a look.
"Why are you following us?" Ellie asked.
"Well, I figured you girls would love to have some company," Manny said, "I hope you three don't mind if I tag along."
"Sure. Why not? You've been following us around since we got here. Just for the record, you haven't been invited in the herd."
"Well, who knows? You might change your mind in the future."
Brooke stuck to Shira's side. "Oh, Shira darling. I heard the terrible news. Your kind is becoming extinct. This is so horrible. I'm sure you have a million things that you plan to do before you die."
Shira pushed the sloth off her. "I'm not going extinct."
"Kids, look," a female sloth said, showing her sloth children Shira, "One of the last few sabers." The young ones stared in awe. The mother sloth giggled. "I bet you'll never see another one of those again."
"See what I mean?" Brooke told Shira.
The father sloth made sure all the kids were together. "Let's see. We have Rodney, Staci, Ellen...where's John?"
Back at the river, a little sloth named John was playing in the water, splashing it around with his paws. He looked up to see a wood straw coming towards him. He backed away a little, having no idea what it was. When it came out of the water, little John screamed and ran off to where his family was. It wasn't anybody harmful, though. It was only the female tortoise who wasn't very bright and started laughing like an idiot. It only took a second for her to be pulled underwater, not returning back up to the surface.
Crazy Carol started calling out for her. "Jessica! Come on, Jessica! Let's blow this ice-cube stand." She looked to see a shell bob up the surface. She looked inside of it. "Jessica!" Crazy Carol had a twitch in her eye, knowing that she had an idea. "Mammals, be the first one to have your very own mobile home."
Coming up to the surface was a tiger shark looking at the molehog. Once it had a good look at her, he went back underwater. There were plenty of other animals to go around.
Meanwhile, the girls and Manny were making their way down the trail. Brooke began trying to start up a conversation. "So Shira, if your kind is going extinct, how is the livelihood of this world suppose to survive with so many mammals m multiplying all over the place?"
"Shut up, Brooke," Shira said.
"Alright."
Around sunset, Brooke tried to sing a tune. "Extinction happens with all of us and the sabers are the first to go."
"Stop singing, Brooke."
At nighttime, Brooke was trying to sing something fun to lighten up the mood. "If you think that sabers are going extinct, clap your hands." Brooke clapped her hands. "If you think that-"
"Brooke, I will make Ellie fall on you again with Manny doubling the weight and this time, you will be killed."
"Okay, okay. Some people aren't a big fan of the classics."
The next morning, the group was still traveling when Shira stopped in front of some icicles, staring at her reflection. She sighed. "What of you're right? What if I am one of the last few sabers?"
"It's alright, Shira," Ellie said.
"Look on the bright side," Brooke said, "You have us."
"Not your most persuasive argument, Brooke."
Shira shook her head, but her ears perked up when she heard what sounded like a roar. She gasped. "Sabers? I knew I couldn't have been the last one. I knew it in my heart that there was still some out there. Extinction? Come on. That will never come to bite me in the butt." Shira ran off into the woods.
"Shira, wait!" Ellie called out, running after her.
"Oh, I love a good race!" Brooke said, following after the other two.
"And they're off!" Manny shouted, "Shira's up by a couple of fifths, ahead by a tusk. And she's beating Ellie as the mammoth comes around the corner. Meanwhile, Brooke remains in dead last. Who will win this race?"
They stopped when all had seen a beaver sitting in a tree, blowing in a horn that sounded almost like a saber roar. She looked down at the group. "Sorry about that. Just making sure my horn still works. You never know when you need to protect yourself from predators." She blew the horn again, making it roar just like a saber.
"Well, that's very...unique," Brooke said.
"Yeah," Ellie said, "It does look like something that might come in handy."
Shira started walking away from the group. Brooke looked at her saber friend with worry in her eyes. "Shira darling."
Shira looked at her friends. "I...I need to be alone for a while. I just need to think. Just go on without me. I'll catch up." Shira disappeared in the woods.
"Oh, poor Shira," Brooke said, "One is a very lonely number. Isn't it, Ellie?"
"It is, but we don't know whether or not the sabers are going extinct," Ellie said, "The best thing we need to do is cheer Shira up."
Out of nowhere, an acorn hit Manny on the head. "Ow!" Manny looked up to see what looked to be two identical possum twins up in the trees.
One of the smirked at Manny. "These work great. Especially on fat mammoths."
"Cool," said the other possum.
"Alright," Manny said, "Who are you guys and why are you shooting acorns at us?"
"Correction," one of the possums said, "Why are we shooting acorns at you?" He continued shooting acorns at Manny, who was dodging them the best he could. He tried grabbing the possum, but the little mammal climbed up higher in the tree. "Miss me. Now you gotta kiss me."
"I'll get you if it's the last thing I do."
Both the possums jumped inside holes. Manny tried catching them, but he ended up playing whack a mole with them.
"Which end is up?" one of the possums asked as he went back in the hole.
"I'd hide that face if I were you," the other possum said, going back in the hole.
"Hey, ugly." The first possum kicked Manny in the butt.
"Hey, I gotta sit on that," Manny said, trying to whack the possum in the head.
Ellie started laughing. Brooke stared at her with a confused expression. "Um, Ellie, does something seem funny to you?"
"Yeah, it does," Ellie said, continuing to laugh, "I will be honest with you. I never laugh at Manny's jokes, but seeing him this way just makes me laugh. I couldn't hold it in. It was just too funny to resist."
"Ok. I suppose that's a simple enough explanation."
Manny continued to fight with the possums. He finally had them down. "Do you surrender?"
"Never!" the possum brothers shouted.
They started throwing slushed up snowballs at the male mammoth. Manny started to get annoyed. "Alright, cut it out!"
"That was so awesome!" one of the possums exclaimed.
"I know," the other possum said, "Hey, if you ever wanna play with us again, just give us a shout."
Manny turned to look at the girls with blushed cheeks. "If anybody ask, there were fifty of them and they were all rattlesnakes."
"Don't worry," Ellie said, "Your secrets safe with us."
"Here, fatty, fatty," one of the possum twins called out.
"You just made a big mistake, you little miscreants!" Manny shouted.
"Miscreants?"
"Um, Manny, they're possums," Brooke said.
"Yeah," Manny said, "Two possums that are about to get their heads ripped off." Manny started running up to the twin possums.
The twins screamed. "Retreat!" They scurried away in fear.
Ellie chuckled. "Come on. Let's go make sure Manny doesn't literally rip their heads off." The two females followed after Manny.
Meanwhile, Shira was walking over by the river, looking at her reflection. She sighed as she did her best to hold back the tears. "I guess it's just you and me now." Shira had given up hope as she knew that the only saber she would ever see was herself. That's when she saw something hanging from the tree right in front of her.
OHH, I WONDER WHAT OR WHO SHIRA SAW. I BET YOU ALREADY KNOW.
WELL, I BID YOU FAREWELL UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER
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