Otter Chaos! by Michael Broad

Author:Michael Broad [Michael Broad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Sooty was about to do the same, thinking this might be another training exercise on how to keep a look-out for danger in the forest, when his dad screeched at the top of his voice, dropped the haul of fish and nudged the pup forward with his nose.

“RUN!” yelled Papa Black, and the pair raced away.

Woody didn’t have time to wonder what was going on before Papa Brown did the same to him, and he immediately remembered what to do. The first lesson he and Sooty had been taught, before they even entered the forest, was to head for the river as fast as you can when the alarm is given, and not to look back.

Woody and Sooty sprinted more quickly than they ever had before. They darted between trees, under bushes and over fallen branches. The young otters were fast, but nowhere near as fast as their dads, who ran just behind them, never overtaking but zigzagging from side to side with incredible speed.

The pups could hear the footfalls of a much larger animal bearing down on them. The beast was puffing and panting as it tried to catch their nimble fathers, who were dashing about like deer. The chase caused such a ruckus that it startled birds in the trees, who cawed and flapped away.

Somehow the pups remembered the way back through the forest. Not only that, but they had the good sense to take the shortest route to a different section of the river, as they didn’t want to lead the pursuer to their home. This meant heading south until they reached the curved section of river between Cottonwood Lodge and the beavers’ dam. Woody and Sooty burst through the trees and soared over the muddy riverbank. They plunged straight into the water with two big splashes, and two even bigger splashes immediately followed, as their fathers dived in too. The older otters motioned for the pups to keep swimming underwater, all the way to the bottom of the river.

There the otters sat on the murky riverbed and gazed up at the sunlit surface. Papa Black and Papa Brown pointed as the silhouette of an enormous head appeared.

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