Rare Beasts by Charles Ogden & Rick Carton

Author:Charles Ogden & Rick Carton [Ogden, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2009-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

17. Relocation

Edgar pointed at the cars passing by them. “Everyone around here seems to be concentrating very hard on getting to where they are going.”

Ellen nodded. “If no one will notice us here, let’s keep moving.”

So they continued on, Ellen struggling with the rusted handle to make the turn onto Rio Road.

“Blast it, Edgar, why didn’t you oil these axles and hinges when we had the chance?”

“Well, why didn’t you?” The twins made hideous faces at each other. Though it was a contest they often kept up for hours, they had a more important mission today. They turned their attention back to rolling the ungainly cart. Not far down the street they found a spot at the edge of a small park. While they were getting the display ready, they noticed some movement on Sydney Street, a short block away. Two small boys, a few years younger than the twins, were crawling out of a culvert beneath the road. The wide-mouthed metal pipe was used to drain water after thunderstorms so the street wouldn’t flood, and the area around the culvert was often a swampy mess.

Crusty sludge and small bits of trash covered each boy from head to toe. It looked as if they had been crawling through culverts for some time now, and a thick coating of sewer slime made their hair color and the patterns on their clothes unidentifiable. But the twins clearly saw their puffy red eyes and the tear streaks in the grime on their faces.

“Brother, aren’t those the Turkle boys? Burl and Seth? They cry when the sun goes behind a cloud!”

Edgar squinted, now recognizing the Turkles beneath the filth.

“Why, yes they are, Sister. I guess they can’t find their pretty pooch. Serves them right!”

The twins watched as the two boys overturned rocks, picked through every small bush, and sorted through the trash littered about. After taking one last look into the culvert, the boys finally shrugged and trudged a short way up Sydney Street before disappearing inside another sewage pipe.

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