The Camping Trip: Part Four

by lynx and Elleni, my pet Shoyru

We waited till it was getting dark to begin the plan. We stuffed our sleeping bags so it looked like we were asleep and got into our hiding places. Rabbit was curled up on Flowal's sleeping bag. I was amazed that Bearog ever went to sleep.

I was high up in the trees, playing look out for Rofal. Flowal was down on the ground hiding in a bush waiting for me to give her a signal.

I was getting tired and was almost sleeping where I was sitting in the tree when the snap of a twig jerked me fully awake. I looked down on the ground for the source of the noise and saw the silver Shoyru a little piece away.

I gave Flowal the thumbs up to say he was coming. I waited for him to come closer. "Come on, come on," I whispered barely audible. He stepped on another twig, breaking it.

Flowal was peeking out from behind the bush. Rofal was almost under the tree I was in. I got the bucket ready. I put my hand into it. The mud was cold and slimy, just perfect. I let some mud drop down on Rofal's head.

He let out a small yelp and Flash! Flowal got a picture of him just as I dumped the rest of the bucket of mud on him. Flowal and I started laughing. I floated down to the ground still laughing and landed beside Flowal. "Can't get away from siblings, huh?"

"I guess, not," she said. "Let's go home."

So we packed up our stuff in the middle of the night. Rofal went and washed the mud off himself. We put on our backpacks and walked back the way we had came.

It was almost morning when reached the end of the camping ground where our bikes were. The sun was peeking out beyond the horizon but it was still pretty dark. I pulled my bike away from the bike and rack and hopped on. "So the thing isn't real?"

"No, I guess not," I answered and looked towards the forest and saw a shadow of something. I dismissed it as imagination. "But I guess we'll never know for sure and I don't want to find out."

We peddled our way back to our houses. I stopped at Flowal's and said bye, then headed to my own. I knocked on the door and was greeted by Lynx. She smiled and hugged me. I went to my room and laid down on my bed and went to sleep.

The End or is it???