The groups next adventure led them to be in a forest. Katara and Aang are on a raised, grassy plateau. A gentle stream is running out beneath it. Katara is folding one of their sleeping blankets. Aang is lying on the root of a tree. Momo screeches and lands on the plateau as Sokka and Tai approach.
"Great, you're back!" Aang cheers,getting off the root with his airbending, landing beside the Water Tribe siblings as Sokka digs in his bag. "What's for dinner?"
Sokka digs for nuts from his bag. "We've got a few options. First; round nuts. And some kind of oval shaped nuts? And some rock-shaped nuts, that might just be rocks." Sokka throws the rock-shaped nut toward Momo. "Dig in!" Aang and Katara look at each other then back at Sokka.
Tai sighs. "Look, there isn't exactly many animals in this area. Most of them have probably been hunted out of here."
Katara looks at the nuts. "Seriously ... what else you got?"
Momo coos, and sniffs the rock-shaped nut, before taking it with one of his paws and slapping it against a stone twice. Attempting to break it, he takes it with both paws and slams it down on the big rock. The moment he does so, however, the entire earth quakes, making Momo shriek and his hair stand up on end.
"What was that?" Sokka asks reacting to the loud bang.
Tai stands, speaking in recognition of the sound. "A slamming stone?"
Momo, believing he may have caused the quake, cautiously drops the rock to the ground in test. The quake returns, causing Momo to leap away.
"It's coming from over there!" Tai shout, as he, Aang and Katara run off.
"Shouldn't we run away from huge booms? Not toward them?" Sokka asks giving chase.
The four, joined by Momo, hide behind a fallen tree and spy on a young boy bending boulders into the air and punching them into the side of the ravine.
"An earthbender!" Katara comments.
Aang turns to Katara."Let's go meet him!"
"He looks dangerous, so we better approach cautiously." Sokka adds.
Suddenly Katara is a few feet in front of them, excitedly addressing the earthbender. "Hello there! I'm Katara! What's your name?"
The young boy gasps in surprise, dropping the boulder he was bending to the ground. He flees quickly, bringing down an avalanche of boulders with his bending to block his exit.
Sokka and Aang approach Katara. "Nice to meet you!" Aang shouts after the boy.
Katara shrugs. "I just wanted to say hi."
"Hey! That guy's gotta be running somewhere. Maybe we're near a village? And I bet that village has a market!"
"Which means no nuts for dinner!" Katara says excitedly.
Katara and Aang chase after Haru. "Hey! I worked hard to get those nuts!" Sokka complains. Momo flies overhead, chasing Katara and Aang. "Yeah, I hate 'em too." Sokka slowly follows Katara and Aang.
Tai stands from behind the three. "We could just not go to a town where we could be attacked, oh never mind." He gives chase as well.
Katara and Sokka stroll through the mining village's streets while Aang speaks with a shopkeeper under a terrace.
"Great hat!" Aang tries on the hat. "I'll trade you some nuts for it."
Katara notices the boy enter a shop. She Speaks to herself in surprise. "Hey..."
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To The World
أدب الهواةThe 100 Year war, for many of us living currently, it's all we've ever known. It all started when the fire nation attacked. And now, it's up myself, and my friends to end it. But... it appears fate has a funny way of uniting people. This is my story...
