Another Hairy Tail by Campbell Jamie

Author:Campbell, Jamie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jamie Campbell

CHAPTER 8

“Look out for bouncy balls,” Hannah warned as Alicia helped her inspect the wombat enclosure. They were given the painstaking task of making sure there were no other foreign items in the pen and the place was sparkling clean.

The other three wombat inhabitants didn’t seem happy with their enclosure being taken over by two humans. They watched their every move suspiciously.

“Why would a wombat eat a ball, anyway?” Alicia mused. “I mean, it couldn’t taste nice. It wouldn’t even have smelt like food.”

“Maybe he was bored,” Hannah offered. Logan had told her the animal was lucky the ball didn’t get stuck in its throat and suffocate him. That was enough incentive to ensure she scoured every inch of the enclosure looking for other potential hazards. No animal was going to be hurt on her watch.

Alicia stopped, thinking it over. “I guess I eat chocolate when I’m bored, you might be onto something there, Hannah.”

“Chocolate is the best when you’re bored.”

“Tell me about it. I could go a block right now. The gooey, peanut kind.”

Hannah had to agree with that too. It was coming up to lunchtime, perhaps she would have to check out the cafeteria for something of the chocolate variety to go with the lunch Coco had packed for her.

A shriek caught Hannah’s attention, bringing her mind back to the task at hand. She looked around frantically, just in time to see Alicia running around the enclosure. A wombat was hot on her heels.

Except, wombats didn’t move very fast. So even though Alicia was being chased by one of the angry males, she didn’t have to run like an Olympic sprinter to get away from him.

Hannah couldn’t stop the giggles that erupted inside her. It had to be the slowest chase she had ever seen as Alicia tried to get out of the wombat’s way. She squealed as she ran around the fence, trying to get to the gate so she could escape. Hannah was absolutely no help, being doubled up with laughter.

“Hannah, help me!”

“He’s not going to hurt you,” she replied, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Have you seen their teeth? He could take off my foot.” Alicia finally reached the gate and swung it open to get through. She stood on the other side, catching her breath. “I made it.”

“You were in no danger,” Hannah pointed out. She had to catch her own breath for an entirely different reason. “I’m still in here and he hasn’t eaten me yet.”

“He’s probably thinking about it, sizing you up.”

Hannah made eye contact with the male wombat. He didn’t seem nearly as evil as he was portrayed. She picked up the bucket and continued to get on with the job.

She was still chuckling about the incident later on as she changed into her regular clothes to go home. Her uniform was covered in mud and other stuff she didn’t want to have identified.

Her evening wasn’t nearly as eventful as her day had been. She went to bed early, tired from a hard week.

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