Donut scooped up the puffy tailed cat and floated onto the horse. A spear flew by, then another. The horse bolted, moving so quickly that the next ten Spears that were thrown appeared to be moving backwards. Donut screamed and then wasn’t sure if she had screamed because it sounded like it came from behind her and then realized that was just how fast they were going.
They found themselves on the path outside of Poople and Noople’s house. There, right next to the front door, in the lovely garden, sat Tomato the dog and the two magical flowers, Marigold and Two. They were all asleep.
Donut leapt down off the horse and poked Tomato in the soft fuzzy belly. The dog smiled and his tongue lolled out of his mouth, but he stayed asleep.
The horse spun around three times and now instead of a horse with one saddlebed, there was a horse with two saddlebeds. “Put them in, quick!”
Donut carefully opened the saddlebed and dumped in the dog. Then she slowly scooped out the magic flowers, who kept snoring happily the whole time, and deposited them gently into the bed. She scooped some extra dirt in to keep them warm.
As she was wiping the dirt off her hands, a lightning bolt came flying from down the path. It struck the front door, blowing it off the hinges and inside the house. Standing not 50 feet away was Stylus, grinning like he’d just found a cabinet full of his favorite cookies.
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