The Story of Sqampy

Chapter 41

Joe's POV:

"Alright, guys, you know the rules. So let's do this!" We all cheered.

I volunteered to be the seeker first, and I grabbed a can of green silly string.

Sqaishey ran off towards the forest, Amy close behind her. Squid followed more slowly, so he could see where to hide. I closed my eyes and counted.

When I opened them again, all I saw were trees. No sign of anyone. Sqaishey was a pretty good hider, so I would have some difficulty finding her.

Amy, on the other hand, cannot stop laughing if I do something funny. I crept closer to the trees, my silly string ready. Something caught the corner of my eye. I whipped around to see Amy running past me.

"Can't catch me, cat!" She turned and aimed at me with the silly string. I veered from her aim and dodged the string.

"Going to have to try harder next time, Amy!" I exclaimed as I sprayed her.

"Aww!" She whined and stomped her foot. We both laughed.

"Ok, you look for Squid, I will set out to find sqaishey." I said to her. She nodded and we split up.

I was making duck noises into the trees, hoping to hear a giggle. Nothing. She was good! I looked up into the trees, hoping to see her hovering on a branch above me. Still, nothing!

I went deeper into the forest, and I heard a crunch.

Here we go! I crept to the noise, silly string aimed at the spot.

"Aha!" I screamed as I jumped into the area, spraying the silly string. But it was just a squirrel! Goodness, where was she?!

I came to a huge pine tree and I saw something shifting high in the tree. That had to be her! I stealthily climbed the tree with swift movements. Sure enough, Sqaishey screamed as I sprayed her.

"Gotcha ducky!" I yelled up at her as I heard her whine. I climbed back down the tree, her right on my heels. We came back to the area we started in to see squid and Amy already there.

"I won!!" Sqaishey threw her hands up in victory. We congratulated her and settled on another game.

Beth's POV:

This time it was Amy hunting and the rest of us hiding since she lost the last round.

I decided to go and hide inside the woods, and there were these trees that crossed, I was going to hide in them. I ran off when she gave the signal, as fast as I could. I came across my ideal hiding place and hid between the two trees.

When I saw her coming, I climbed the two trees as fast and as quietly as I could. I got to the top of the tree, which wasn't far from the ground seeing as it was a relatively small tree.

She got closer to me and she ran right underneath me! I let out a sigh of relief as I watched her get Stampy. They passed under me again but didn't see me. I giggled when they ran away.

I clicked back down and ran to hide in a different spot. It was against Squid and me now. I climbed another tree and sat on a branch.

"What are you doing here?!" Someone whispered down to me.

"Squid?!" I saw him on a branch higher than me.

"Come up here, it is safer."

I climbed up to where I was next to him. I almost slipped out of the tree getting myself positioned, but luckily Squid held out a hand, preventing me from slipping.