Rising Star by Scott Prince

Author:Scott Prince
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2014-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

FREE LOLLIES

The dingo enclosure is just around the corner from the the Blue Ringed Octopus ride. As soon as we get a chance, Justice and I run as fast as our legs will take us. We dodge kids with balloons, mums and dads with prams and even kids from our class.

“Hey, where are you guys going?” yells a girl we know.

“To the lolly shop,” I say, running past her. “They’re giving away lollies – for free!” The girl stops dead in her tracks.

“LOLLIES GIVE-AWAY!” she screams. Our entire class hears and comes running. They try to follow us but we are too far ahead. I grab Justice and duck behind the entrance to the wildlife section.

“Sshh! Stay here and wait until they’re gone,” I whisper. The class runs past, ready to raid the poor unsuspecting lolly seller. When the coast is clear, Justice and I emerge from our hiding spot, sniffing for danger like cautious bilbies. Fortunately, there is no one to be seen. When we reach the dingo enclosure, the animals have woken from their slumber. Some have found shade under a gum tree, some are play-fighting, and two down the back are sniffing their own butts. Nice – good ways!

“How do we get in?” asks Justice. He is staring at the two-metre gap between the wire fence and the rusty old ute. It doesn’t seem like far – but once we jump the fence, those dingos are going to think that we are their chew toys.

“On three, we climb, jump, and run like crazy to the ute. Got it?” I ask. Justice looks slightly confused.

“So do we climb when you say three, or do we climb AFTER you say three?” he asks.

“It doesn’t matter – just do what I do,” I say. I place one foot on the wire chain of the fence and hoist my other leg over. I jump and land on the red dirt of the enclosure. Justice does the same. There’s no turning back now; we’re going to find out what Taylor Neila is up to.

Unfortunately, there is one problem – the dingos have come to play. Din squeeze!

“RUN AND JUMP!” I yell. Justice overtakes me with a look of deathly fear on his face. He springs over the two-metre gap like a champion long-jumper. He’s not used to dealing with Australian wildlife but he knows that dingos aren’t cute and cuddly like koalas. He gets to the ute before I do.

“Now what?” he panics. I’m right behind him and the dingos are right behind me – all ten of them.

“Open the bonnet!” I say. Justice jumps onto the bumper bar. He sticks his hand out towards the dingos like Taylor did and starts chanting.

“Stop and sleep, friend-ly dingos … stop and sleep, friend-ly dingos … stop and sleep, stop and sleep …” he chants. I’m not sure where he got the “friendly” part from because I can hear them growling behind me, stalking me like their prey. The more he chants, the angrier they become.

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