"Good job" Hana walked up to the cave entrance, it was time for step two of the plan, lets go "Great five!" she boomed, as loud as her throat could handle "May we sing for you?" and after some light reassuring the government agreed. It worked!
They began to sing. Loud, booming, melodic singing. To be totally honest they weren't as good as the usual choir but they were making the noise, and that was all that mattered. They were trying and doing what Hana asked of them.
She smiled and nodded at James who was at the very front of the cave and got a nod back. She ran through the back of the cave and down the dirt staircase, this was to be used only to collect food and water. After she made it down she walked as casually as possible toward the waterfall to fulfill Julia's last request of her, to take a much needed shower.
The waterfall was a sight to behold, the blue water flew down the rocks and tumbled into loud, white spirals which turned blue again as they hit the surface of the deep blue pool at the base. It spanned almost the whole left side of the kingdom, a powerful reminder of what nature is capable of. As she approached the waterfall guard she composed herself, took a long deep breath,
"I'm here for my monthly wash sir" she told the hippo on duty "Name and number," he replied without even bothering to look up "Oh, my names Hana, numbers 0145"
"Go" his monotone voice made her wonder why he was so miserable, he had it all, freedom? Water? A job? But she moved on and thanked him for questioning and talking back were totally off the cards today.
She walked underneath the waterfall and stood for a minute until she saw the guard look away again, then ran through to the other side of the waterfall
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The Great Green North
Short StoryClimate change has gotten the best of us and planet Earth has been stuck with a second ice age. Afterwards the animals have taken over and formed a government...but they haven't forgiven the humans for destroying the Earth. (A poetic-ish kind of thi...
