Chapter 10
At Longest Last!
"Aw, come on," Checkers begged. "Why won't you tell us the poem?" "Because," Destiny said simply, "it's long and quite dumb, I think." "No time for arguments!" Dorothy said. "We're almost there. Look, I can see The Emerald City already! Come on, let's go!" And the group set off for the city.
Upon arriving at the city, the group ran into the gates. Checkers did so literally. "%@**$!" he exclaimed, and Destiny and Dorothy gasped. "Checkers! I didn't even know you knew that word!" Dorothy said. "I didn't know it either," Checkers replied, rubbing his nose. "I just said the first thing I thought of. Anyway, there's a sign here." He pointed with his paw at a sign that said, clear as crystal:
BELL NOT WORKING
PLEASE KNOCK
Dorothy knocked once on the door. Nothing happened. She did so again. Nothing happened. Destiny began barking, and Werren started howling while Dorothy kept knocking. Still, nothing happened. "I was afraid of this!" Destiny cried. "The Flying Monkeys have taken everybody!" "I have an idea!" Checkers said, and he began singing at the top of his lungs.
We are here! We are here! We are here!
So, with Checkers singing, Dorothy knocking, Destiny barking, and Werren howling, they eventually caught the attention of the gatekeeper. "What is the purpose of this cacophony?!" He shouted above the noise, and instantly everybody stopped. "Can't you read?!" "I tried doing what it said and nothing happened!" Dorothy said back. The gatekeeper looked at the sign. "Oh. Wrong one. Sorry." And he grabbed the sign with his teeth and pulled it over the gates. It was soon replaced with another one:
GATE NOT WORKING
PLEASE USE BELL
"Well, that may have been more useful to know before," Werren muttered. Dorothy rang the bell. "That's more like it!" The gatekeeper said. "Come in!" And he opened the gates.
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