Mutant Bunny Island by Obert Skye

Author:Obert Skye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-09-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

ROOTING FOR ROOT VEGETABLES

I tried for almost an hour to figure out what the code in the dirt meant. For some weird reason, my tentacle spectacles were no help—they just made everything rose-colored. Eventually, I became too sleepy to go on, so I went into my uncle’s bedroom and passed out on his bed.

The plan was to sleep for just a couple of hours, but I was so exhausted that I didn’t wake up until lunchtime the next day. I shot out of bed, panicked about the time I had lost. Quickly, I took a shower and ate two bags of Get-a-Load-of-Salt chips and a box of peanut butter gummi bears. I decided to comb my hair in case I ran into anyone, like Juliet, and while combing it I remembered . . .

“The rabbit!”

I grabbed a bowl of water, some pickles from the refrigerator, and a handful of wheat crackers and took them out to the shed. The big gray bunny was sleeping in the corner, huddled up so that he looked like a hairy beach ball. He was even cuter asleep. I had to fight the urge to pick him up and rock him in my arms while whispering baby talk into his silky ears. His nose twitched, and I could have sworn he was humming as he slept. The amount of adorable was almost too much to handle. This was no normal bunny. I carefully set down the water and food, backed away, and closed the door.

Bunnies this adorable had to be in cahoots with the newts.

On my way back into the house, I racked my brain, trying to think of any mention of bunnies in Ocean Blasterzoids. I couldn’t remember a single one, although I still hadn’t read all of Uli’s adventures. Maybe in one of the issues I hadn’t read yet, the newts had ray guns that made normal bunnies look like they had just popped out of some highly imaginative and upbeat child’s dream.

My deep thought was interrupted by a knock at the door. Rain stood on the front step. He looked tired. His shirt was ripped, his shorts were dirty, and his eyes were a bit glossed over.

“Are you okay?” I asked. “You’ve got the pupils of a terrified tuna.”

“Fine, I’m just a little exhausted. I need some more carrots, and I need them now. The locals are going crazy for this juice—crazy. The mayor has come by, like, five times. My mom is swamped. And to make things worse, two of her workers didn’t show up today.”

“She’s got workers missing?”

“Yes,” Rain insisted. “So now I have to help pick up the slack. Your uncle grew some amazing carrots. Is he here now?”

“No,” I said nervously. “He’s doing some sort of grown-up thing—filing taxes or buying vitamins. I don’t know.” I didn’t want to lie to Rain any longer, but I couldn’t risk him telling an adult who would put an end to me living unsupervised.

Rain didn’t seem to care. “Well then, could you help me?”

“Me?”

“Yeah,” he pleaded.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.