The Jungle (A Dougie Poynter story)

Chapter 13- Live Trial

Sinitta went over to Ant and Dec who were at her first. They explained that she had to get the bangles off the snakes to get a star and there were two stars to win. She put her hand in to get the first bangle off the snake but took it out if the hole just as quickly. I was starting to feel tired, I don't know why. It was probably just me getting bored. I rested my head on Dougie's shoulder which caused him to look down at me before wrapping his arm around me.

"We're going to be here awhile." I said causing Doug to laugh.

"Yep."

"I wanna do it."

"Really?"

"Yeah." I replied still looking at Sinitta having a hard time in leaving her hand in the hole for more than a few seconds.

"I don't think I can do it." Sinitta said.

"Yes you can." Everyone said, trying to give her words of encouragement.

"You can bring someone in to help you." Dec said after a few more minutes. I'm sure that wasn't part of the rules but he was just feeling bad for us.

"Okay," Sinitta turned to us, "who wants to do it?"

"I will," I said jumping to my feet and walking over.

"You're very eager." Ant said. "All you have to do is pull the bangles off the snakes..." Before he could finish I had already had my hand in the hole and was starting to take the bangles off the snake.

"And she is off." Dec said. My hand was very close to the snakes head so I had to stop. I stoked the snake to calm it down before taking the first bangle over its head. Everyone cheered, happy they would at least have some food tonight. The second bangle was easier so I did it much faster causing everyone to cheer again. "Well done Heather."

"Sinitta, you're gonna have to do the next one." Ant said as we walked over to the ranger. The ranger had two boxes probably meaning she could get two stars in this part of the trail. "In this one you have to put this baby lobster," the ranger opened one of the boxes and pulled out a baby lobster, "in your mouth for 20 seconds to win a star."

The ranger took the lobster and put it into Sinitta's mouth, claws out. As soon as he let go, she spat it out. "Sorry, sorry." She said and the ranger put it back in again. We all counted for her and it got to ten seconds when the lobster fell from her mouth. "It slid out, it slid out. I didn't spit it out."

"We're running out of time, you're gonna have to move on to the next one." Dec said. We walked over to a luggage area where there were three boxes above a seat. They obviously had something in them.

"Hell no, hell no! I'm not doing that." Sinitta said.

"Let us explain it to you first." Ant said and handed her some goggles.

"There are three boxes of luggage, only two have stars in. the box will be opened over you and you have to catch the star before it falls to the ground. Now, this is a bushtucker trial so there won't just be stars in the boxes." Dec said.

"Heather, can you do this for me?" Sinitta asked. Looking over at Ant and Dec for a nod of approval, I agreed. She handed me the goggles and I went over to the first seat.

"Heather, are you ready?" I nodded and looked up for the first star. The box opened and cockroaches and crickets poured over me. I could see the star and the angle it fell at meant it was going behind the chair. I quickly put my hand behind the chair and grabbed it. I held it up and everyone cheered.

"Onto the next box." Said Ant. I got up and went over to the next chair, shaking everything off.

"There may be a star in this one though." I said.