Adventures with Alexandra L. Ocklocknee book #1

Chapter 5

Alex's POV
     Floyd had made a padded bedding at the bottom of all of the drops with moss and leaves so that whenever he came down into one of his tunnels, he wouldn't enter painfully, like the first time. This cave was Floyd's favorite because it had a beautiful creek trickling through it.
   "Wow!" I exclaimed as I looked around the cave. I was still letting the shock sink in. I looked around wildly, taking in all the beauty of the cave.
  "This is REMARKABLE! MARKABLE! Markable! markable! markable." My voice echoed throughout the cave. "Sure is! We should thank God for giving somebody the creative idea to make this." Floyd said. Even though Floyd had been in the caves numerous times, he still was in awe every time he entered one of the underground caves.

  We stay down in the caves for a while and think deeply. I thinks about what Floyd had told her while Floyd tries to figure out a way to stop the poachers. "I've got it!" Floyd suddenly exclaims. "got what?" I ask, confused.  "A way to outsmart the poachers." He continues. "I know just how to do it. We trap them in here until we can get some backup." "Brilliant!" I exclaim. So off we go to defeat the poachers.

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   "Oh no ye don't!" Bellows one of the poachers. I threw myself at one of the animal cages. Then I took off running. Just as planned, all three poachers followed me. I continued running toward the closest entrance talk of the caves. Floyd was inside the cave ready to open it when he heard footsteps above him. I stopped just before I fell in, dropping the open cage unnoticeably into the cave. The confused poachers, who were just on my tail, tried to skid to a stop as I stopped, but instead they all fell into the open cage within the cave. Then I went to the other door that Floyd had opened for me and hopped down onto  the bedding in the cave.
  "Ahhhhh!" They screamed as they fell, still unsure of what was happening. And then CLUNK!!! "Huh? Where are we?" Asked a confused poacher. "Let us go!" Yelled another. "Tell us where the animals are!" Demanded Floyd. "They're..." One of the poachers started to say, but the oldest poacher cut him off. "What are you doing!? We shouldn't tell them for our lives!" "What if we let you go?" Bargained Floyd. "Will we get the animals?" Questioned one of the poachers hopefully. "No, but we won't call the cops." Offered Floyd. "DEAL!" All three poachers yelled in unison. "The animals are in the big orange tent  within our camp. He explained. "Okay, but we are going to keep you trapped here just in case you know any shortcuts or are bluffing." I said cautiously. "Hmph!" One of the poachers groaned. So with that, Floyd and I climbed out of the cave to go find the animals. But what we didn't know was that the poachers were really good at climbing.

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             -Sheltie