Chapter 2

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Upon Chick-a-Pin Hill, at the very top of Splash Mountain, Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, the popular duo of brits, went up to visit their friend Brer Fox.

But when they arrived at his lair, they were taken aback by an unfamiliar stench. 

"Blimey; it reeks!" Chad grunted. "What happened in here?"

"Hey. Don't look at me" said Brer Fox holding his paws up. 

"Brer Fox, you're always the first we look at" said Jeremy. 

"Yes" Chad agreed. "Your stews always make your lair smell awful."

"I's tellin' ya. It'd smell betta wid a rabbit" said Brer Fox. 

Jeremy sniffed the air. "I think the smell is coming from underground."

Brer Fox bent down and had a sniff. "Uh-oh. Diss ain't de smell o' ma dinna."

"It's sad that you know that" said Chad. 

"No. No, it's Brer Camembert. De nasties' skunk in Frontierland" said Brer Fox. "Two yees ago, he permitted de mount'n wid his black cloud o' death."

"Oh dear, oh dear" Chad shuddered. "Whatever will we do?"

"Relax; I've handled him befaw" said Brer Fox. "Let's jes' get rid o' him."

Meantime,  Burt was sitting in fear by the Briar Patch. 

"Brer Burt, wuz so scary bout Neil Hamilton?" Brer Rabbit asked. "He plays wun o' Robin's allies, huh?"

"Well, yeah," said Burt, "but he's really focused on staying in character. He never calls me Burt; he sticks to Boy Wonder."

"And 'e calls Adam Batman, right?" Brer Rabbit guessed.

"No, he calls Adam Bruce. Go figure" said Burt. "But when I told the crew I was living in Splash Mountain, Neil got indignant about it."

"And what'd ya do?" said Brer Bear.

"I lied to him. I told Neil that this is a mountain where superhero sidekicks live" Burt explained.

"Whoa! That's more desperate than Brer Fox trying to catch a rabbit" said Patty.

Burt stood up in fear. "Look. If Neil finds out this mountain isn't full of superheroes, I'm gonna be in big trouble."

"Well, ya know how I feel bout trickin' folks" said Brer Rabbit. 

"You love it" said Burt.

"Exactly. So we's gotta pr'ten ter be superheroes for a day" said Brer Rabbit.

Burt was a little uneasy at that. "That is a good idea... but do any of you have superpowers?"

"I'm a super actress. I'd have to be to play two roles in one show" said Patty.

"I's pretty supah at gettin' away wid pranks" said Brer Rabbit.

"An' I can play a purty good Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah on ma armpits" said Brer Bear. 

Burt sighed. "I'm doomed."

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