Chapter 8

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Neil was leading Burt out of Splash Mountain. 

"Hurry, Boy Wonder. You're not as speedy as Mr Dozier would like" said Neil. 

Then, Burt stopped in his tracks when he saw Brer Camembert on the side of the trail.

"Sir, stop!" he whispered.

"Oh, first you lie to me, and now you're talking back to me?" said Neil.

"Skunk" said Burt.

"And now you're calling me names?" Neil fought back.

"No. There's a skunk over there, and if we frighten him, he'll spray us" said Burt. "We need to remain calm and quiet."

Just as he said that, Brer Fox ran after the skunk, yelling, "Get him!" 

Brer Camembert turned around and sprayed Neil, narrowly missing Burt, before escaping.

Brer Fox ran after the skunk once more.

"Holy commissioner limburger!" Burt uttered. 

Neil collapsed to his knees. "Oh, my eyes!" 

Burt took out a bottle of water from his case. "Stay calm, sir. I'm just gonna use this water to irrigate your eyes."

He poured some water over Neil's face. 

"That's a little better" said Neil. "I'm starting to see colors again."

Brer Fox came running back in the other direction. 

"You're back? Is the skunk chasing you?" said Burt.

"Nope! Brer Gator's mad" said Brer Fox. 

He kept running while Burt and Neil ran back to the mountain. 

Sometime later, when he was spray-free, Jeremy joined Brer Fox in his skunk hunting.

"Here, stinky stinky..." Brer Fox teased. 

Chad found them just then. "Brer Fox, no!" 

"Chad..." Jeremy began.

"Jeremy, I don't want anything bad to happen to Brer Camembert" said Chad bluntly.

"There he is!" Jeremy snapped.

Brer Camembert was right in front of them. 

"Okay, ya ol' stink bomb! Your reign o' terror is ova!" Brer Fox yelled. 

"No!" Chad protested. 

He stepped in front of his friends, blocking their attack route.

"Chad the lad, what are you doing?" said Jeremy.

"You're right in de path o' his butt canon" said Brer Fox. 

"I can't let you remove his spray glands and change who he is!" Chad cried. "If you do, he won't be able to protect himself in the wild."

"What bout pr'tectin' de mount'n?" said Brer Fox.

"Just let me talk to him, please" Chad begged. 

He knelt down to the skunk's level and Brer Camembert looked up at him as if to listen. 

"Brer Camembert... I understand how you feel. The world is a scary place, isn't it?" said Chad petting his fur. 

"He's a skunk, Chad" said Jeremy. "How could you possibly understand that brainless rodent?"

"Skunks aren't rodents, Jeremy" said Chad. "But they do have feelings. Perhaps, if we left Brer Camembert alone, he'll leave us alone."

Liking how that sounded, Brer Camembert turned around and left without spraying anyone. 

"See? Kindness worked. He's leaving" said Chad. 

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