Chapter 19: Toad Tax

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Cut to the Grub & Go

Hop Pop: Oh! Pill bugs are on sale.

Anne: Ooh! That reminds me. I'm gonna go grab some of that beetle jerky I like, you coming Sub-Zero.

Sub-Zero: Coming me in Anne, I can't believe I just said that.

Hop Pop: Okay, kiddos. See ya outside.

Hop Pop grab lot pill bug in shopping cart

He grunts

Anne: Hmm. Where is that--Aha! Score. And I got the last one.

Wally grabs it first.

Anne: Hey! That was totally mine, Wally.

Wally: Ya snooze, ya lose, scarecrow.

He guffaws

Sub-Zero: Hey! Don't call us scarecrow. Oof! 

Mrs. Croaker: Hey! Move your big behind, scarecrow. Croaker needs her cookies.

Anne: My behind's not big. I'm big. Technically, it's to scale. Whoa!

Teen worker: Hey! Didn't you see the sign, scarecrow?

Felicia: Classic, clumsy scarecrow.

All laughing

Anne and Sub-Zero flushes red

Anne and Sub-Zero leaves Grub & Go

Sprig: So did you get the beetle jerky you--Hey, what's wrong?

She sighs

Sub-Zero: Well, it's just...I've been here over a month now, and the townspeople still treat us crummy. 

Anne: I just wish they were a little nicer.

Hop Pop: Oh, that's just the way these frogs are. Slow to accept, and even slower to respect. It's actually our town motto. 

Welcome to Wartwood sign down say "Slow to Accept even Slower to Respect"

Hop Pop: You'll find a way to get their respect, in your own weird Anne and Sub-Zero way. Now, who wants pill bug pancakes?

Sub-Zero: Ooh! My favorite. 

Anne: I've been here too long.

Hop Pop: Well, that statue's new.

Sprig: And tasteless. Woof!

All gasps

Bessie chirps

Anne: Whoa, whoa, girl. Easy. 

Sub-Zero: What's wrong?

He bone neck crack

Bog: Ah! Nothing like cracking your neck after a long drive. Ain't that right?

He door opens

Mayor Toadstool: Oh, good. You're here. Toadie, give 'em the list.

Anne: Who are those guys?

Hop Pop: Toads from Toad Tower. They rule over the entire valley.

Sub-Zero: Toad what?

Sprig: It's a big, scary tower deep in the swamp and the toads that live there are the valley's fiercest warriors.

Anne: Whoa! Cool.

Hop Pop: Cool, yes. But they can be a rough sort. It's probably for the best that we all stay clear of--Oh, dang it. There they go.

Sprig: Hey, guys. So, you're from Toad Tower?

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