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Escargot.
‘What’s he saying?’ asked Jack.
‘He said, “Hello my little friends”, ’ explained Lyndi Lou.
‘Why can’t he just speak normally – it’ll be much easier?’ insisted Jack.
‘I love speaking my beautiful language, so you better get used to it, petit garçon !’
‘And what’s with the “boy” all the time?’ asked Jack.
‘So you are not as dumb as you look, I see you understand my beautiful language.’
‘Not really, I just know garçon means boy!’
Escargot then began to whinge about how stupid Jack was but no one could really understand what he was saying.
‘Oh, be quiet Escargot! Not everyone has to speak French like you; there is just no need for it here … so stop your ranting and if you have something to say make it constructive instead of that babble,’ remarked Cooper.
Feeling insulted, Escargot looked at Cooper with an evil glint in his eye. He then sighed as he went back into his shell resentfully.
Apart from his last comment, Cooper, like Nora, had remained quiet throughout the recent discussion, not without Henratty and Jack noticing their constant eye to eye contact. They smelt a “rat” and were not just referring to Cooper! There was a lot more to their interrogation than meets the eye, but for now they needed to focus on getting out of this mine.
‘So, how long have you all been down here?’ asked Henratty bravely.
‘Did I say you could ask any questions – I have not finished yet? What do you know of this mine?’ demanded Nora.
‘Nothing,’ retorted Henratty, as she continued: ‘I vaguely remember papa giving us a history lesson on Meerville Town but he only mentioned something in relation to the mine being shut down some thirty years or so ago, and that was it. He never mentioned its location and no one had ever talked about it since.’
Again, Nora glanced at Cooper, who had now moved over to his rocking chair; he always found the seats at the table very uncomfortable and much preferred his rocking chair!
‘I think that is enough questioning for today. Jasper and Alfonso will show you to your sleeping quarters and we will continue this discussion tomorrow. Now take them away, they can stay in the spare dormitory until we decide what to do with them. If you all want to stay alive I suggest you follow Jasper and Alfonso and we’ll resume this meeting tomorrow,’ informed Nora.
As the meerkats entered the small, dingy and barely lit room, there were two wooden beds with a small table separating them. The lighting in here was even worse than the main dormitory but they could just about see each other, thankfully because of the fairly wide gap under the doorway which allowed much needed light into the dormitory. How they yearned for the cool fresh air and sunlight they so often took for granted.
‘What was that all about? Those creatures are freaky, especially Cooper and Nora? Why were they questioning us like that? It definitely felt like they thought we knew something more about this mine – what could it be I wonder?’ questioned Henratty.
‘I definitely agree with you,’ said Jack. I can’t put my finger on it, but Nora and Cooper are hiding something and I don’t even think the other inhabitants realise, as most of them call this mine their home and seem to be quite content living here and to a degree, I can almost understand why after they explained their ordeals. I guess here they feel safe from predators. Even though in theory one would have expected them to turn on each other, they seem to have lost their killer instinct and live together (it would appear in harmony) to survive. Enoch being forgetful does not even realise most of the time that he is a mole and should have eaten Poppy a long time ago, but you can see they really get on. Again, Nancy and Jasper should have gone for Poppy and Escargot as well, but they seem very domesticated.’
‘Perhaps they have enough of a food source so never need to turn on each other,’
‘What’s he saying?’ asked Jack.
‘He said, “Hello my little friends”, ’ explained Lyndi Lou.
‘Why can’t he just speak normally – it’ll be much easier?’ insisted Jack.
‘I love speaking my beautiful language, so you better get used to it, petit garçon !’
‘And what’s with the “boy” all the time?’ asked Jack.
‘So you are not as dumb as you look, I see you understand my beautiful language.’
‘Not really, I just know garçon means boy!’
Escargot then began to whinge about how stupid Jack was but no one could really understand what he was saying.
‘Oh, be quiet Escargot! Not everyone has to speak French like you; there is just no need for it here … so stop your ranting and if you have something to say make it constructive instead of that babble,’ remarked Cooper.
Feeling insulted, Escargot looked at Cooper with an evil glint in his eye. He then sighed as he went back into his shell resentfully.
Apart from his last comment, Cooper, like Nora, had remained quiet throughout the recent discussion, not without Henratty and Jack noticing their constant eye to eye contact. They smelt a “rat” and were not just referring to Cooper! There was a lot more to their interrogation than meets the eye, but for now they needed to focus on getting out of this mine.
‘So, how long have you all been down here?’ asked Henratty bravely.
‘Did I say you could ask any questions – I have not finished yet? What do you know of this mine?’ demanded Nora.
‘Nothing,’ retorted Henratty, as she continued: ‘I vaguely remember papa giving us a history lesson on Meerville Town but he only mentioned something in relation to the mine being shut down some thirty years or so ago, and that was it. He never mentioned its location and no one had ever talked about it since.’
Again, Nora glanced at Cooper, who had now moved over to his rocking chair; he always found the seats at the table very uncomfortable and much preferred his rocking chair!
‘I think that is enough questioning for today. Jasper and Alfonso will show you to your sleeping quarters and we will continue this discussion tomorrow. Now take them away, they can stay in the spare dormitory until we decide what to do with them. If you all want to stay alive I suggest you follow Jasper and Alfonso and we’ll resume this meeting tomorrow,’ informed Nora.
As the meerkats entered the small, dingy and barely lit room, there were two wooden beds with a small table separating them. The lighting in here was even worse than the main dormitory but they could just about see each other, thankfully because of the fairly wide gap under the doorway which allowed much needed light into the dormitory. How they yearned for the cool fresh air and sunlight they so often took for granted.
‘What was that all about? Those creatures are freaky, especially Cooper and Nora? Why were they questioning us like that? It definitely felt like they thought we knew something more about this mine – what could it be I wonder?’ questioned Henratty.
‘I definitely agree with you,’ said Jack. I can’t put my finger on it, but Nora and Cooper are hiding something and I don’t even think the other inhabitants realise, as most of them call this mine their home and seem to be quite content living here and to a degree, I can almost understand why after they explained their ordeals. I guess here they feel safe from predators. Even though in theory one would have expected them to turn on each other, they seem to have lost their killer instinct and live together (it would appear in harmony) to survive. Enoch being forgetful does not even realise most of the time that he is a mole and should have eaten Poppy a long time ago, but you can see they really get on. Again, Nancy and Jasper should have gone for Poppy and Escargot as well, but they seem very domesticated.’
‘Perhaps they have enough of a food source so never need to turn on each other,’
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