The Karate Princess in Monsta Trouble by Jeremy Strong

Author:Jeremy Strong
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Adult
Published: 2008-11-06T05:00:00+00:00

princes rode out to do battle with the MoNsta. Behind them all came Belinda and Hubert and the Bogle, carrying no weapons at all except a very large ball of string.

And behind them came Prinz Blippenbang, clutching his trusty bazooka.

The brave princes formed a miniature army, and they went charging towards the MoNsta, lances at the tilt. Meanwhile, the three companions, still being shadowed by the Prinz, made a wide detour, in a bid to get beyond and behind the fearsome creature.

The princes did not seem to have much of a strategy for attacking the MoNsta. They would rush at it headlong, but as soon as a slurpy tongue came anywhere near them they would turn tail and gallop away screaming. Belinda watched all this from a comfortable distance.

‘It’s like watching two-year-olds on the beach running away from the waves,’ she observed. Nevertheless she was worried. ‘I do wish that horrible beast would keep its tail still.’

‘You’ll have to come with me,’ she told the Bogle. ‘You might just be strong enough to hold down the end of its tail long enough for me to tie on one end of the string.’

‘Not even Knackerleevee is that strong,’ Hubert pointed out.

‘Don’t argue with me, Hubert,’ snapped Belinda. ‘I need somebody’s help out there. Apart from anything else, someone is going to have to put their finger on the knot so that I can tie it tightly.’

‘Put their finger on the knot!’ Hubert almost burst out laughing, but he saw the angry look on Belinda’s face and wisely kept quiet.

The Bogle grabbed the ball of string and quietly padded after the princess as she began to creep up behind the MoNsta, whose tail was thrashing and crashing about like a shark out of water. This was certainly going to be a tricky operation.

Belinda ran quickly from one hiding place to another, trying to keep an eye on both the MoNsta’s heads at once. She approached from the left and then, just as she was tiptoeing up to the tail – PROYYOINNGGG! Up in the air it went and came crashing down in a cloud of dust away to her right.

Belinda approached from the right. She crept towards the MoNsta holding out the string in front of her and was almost there when – WHAANNGGG! Up went the tail again and came down with a tremendous bang in the centre ground. Belinda approached from the centre, but didn’t even get halfway there before the tail was off on another sky-bound journey.

This happened over and over again, until the Karate Princess finally lost her temper altogether. ‘Oh for goodness sake!’ she bellowed. ‘Will you PLEASE keep still!’

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