Slingshot and Burp by Richard Haynes
Author:Richard Haynes [Haynes, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-9107-3
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2016-07-14T16:00:00+00:00
The horny toad’s long tongue shot out and snapped up a passing red ant. Gulp!
“Wow! Did you see how fast it did that?” said Slingshot.
“Pick it up,” said Burp.
“No way. You pick it up,” said Slingshot.
Snap. Thwip. Gulp!
Snap. Thwip. Gulp!
Two more ants disappeared in a blink.
Slingshot took a deep breath, leaned over, and scooped up the horny toad.
“Whoa,” said Burp. “You’re braver than Wild Bill Hickok.”
The horny toad lizard just sat there, in the middle of Slingshot’s hand. There was no hiss. No squirting blood. It un-puffed, then blinked its eyes. Tiny drops of blood pooled in the corner of each eye.
“Hey! It must shoot the blood from out of its eyes,” said Burp.
“Think we should keep it?” asked Slingshot.
“I guess, yeah! But it needs a name!”
“How about . . . Spike?” asked Slingshot.
“Nah! How about . . . Thumbtack?” asked Burp.
“Nah!”
They studied the pointy lizard in Slingshot’s hand a little longer.
Burp burped a tune and finally said, “How about Bloody Eyes?”
“Double aces!” said Slingshot, slipping the lizard back into the skull’s eye socket. “C’mon, Burp. We need to find the girls and let Bloody Eyes do some serious sister scaring.”
“Shh!” said Burp, ducking behind the cottonwood tree. “I think I hear them coming.”
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