Chapter 14: Sheriff Toadster:

Thomas' POV:

Biwako's missin' eend ah'm stuck teachin' her cula-yus for her. Sumthing's not raahyt. No one's see-yn Bassaan eend those theyer two construction workers went missing! Ah thihnk ah should do some investigating!

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Ah the-yn started walkin' through thuh 'alls t' see ifin' ah kay-yun fahnd anythin'. Ah the-yn found thuh bahwl pit. Ah done looked aroun' an a do-wr opened. Ah the-yn went through...

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Ah done found myself in this weuhrd puh-lace. Ah done started lookin' t' see ifin' ah kay-yun fahnd any sign awf anyone! It was like some kahnd awf research lab. What ahr thay workin' awn hair?

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Ah the-yn found a cayge eend ah done took a look in it eend thair's a two headed reptile monster. Thay done looked at me eend thuh lizard head stuck out its long tongue. Ah the-yn ran.

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Ah was tryin' ta fahnd a way out but looks like now ah'm stuck! Ah the-yn found a do-wr an ah done went through an ah done found a buzzard food body. It was a blue feller with a yellow beard. Ah the-yn ran out.

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Ah the-yn found sumone that looked like thuh dickens. Wait, 'e looks mo-wr like thuh blue feller ah done found.

"Thomas?"

"Bassaam, is that ya? What thuh saynd hill is goin' awn hair? Hooaah do ya look like that? What is all this?"

"It's a long story."

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'e the-yn told me everythin'. "So, ya're jus' goin' ta keep turnin' people into monsters?"

"Biwako turned herself... but it looks like it."

"As a man who's awn thuh saahd awf law an order, ah 'ave ta report ya!"

"You can't!"

"Ah 'ave ta do thuh raahyt thang!" 'e the-yn tazed me...

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Ah the-yn woke uhp in some kahnd awf test tube, but ah blacked out again...

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Ah the-yn woke uhp again. Ah was in some kahnd awf cayge. "I'm sorry, but I had to do it," says Bassaam, "you are now... Sheriff Toadster!"

Ah the-yn looked ina muhrror an saw ah was now a giant toad! like thuh one in thuh mural! ah was a monster!

To Be Continued

In the next chapter, Ori becomes Opila Bird.