And here it is at last, the long-awaited and freshly written, chapter 11! Mica’s back, has forgiven Nicou, has shown his less gentle side and has spoken to his father. But enough chat, we have a story to tell, so get ready, and read on…
Chapter 11, wide spread epidemic!
Within a week, at least three quarters of Sligos had heard of the wonderful slig-with-legs. And within another week, Queen Tapadoka and President Ted decided to find out the true story.
Mid afternoon one day, Mica stopped shifting the furniture around when his Father called him to the door.
“Mica,” He heard is father shout, “There are some people here who want to see you who aren’t like the normal tourists.”
Mica went took off his pants and went to the door (he was to tall with them to fit down the hall) to find his Father flat on his face and a slig who was VERY clearly queen Tapadoka, with another male slig and several bodyguards.
“I believe YOU are thhe ssslig w-who I havve beeeen told aboUT!” she said, in her exotic northern accent. “Butt wHere are thee legz?”
Mica dropped to the floor and swallowed a mouthful of earth before answering (it was the law when talking to anybody in the presence of the queen) “I can take them off. I need to, to get to the door - I’m to tall with them.”
I wiss toseee themm. Annd toow hear off wherer theyy caame ffromm.
“Of course,” said Mica’s father, “ come in and Mika will show you.” And then scuttled backwards down the hall and stopped outside the eating-chamber door. Queen Tapadoka followed and entered the eating-chamber. The president and bodyguards followed. Mica ran to his room to get his pants and then dragged them into the eating-chamber and put them on. His father ran off to make a round of coffee!
The queen snapped off questions to Mica at an impressive rate.
“W-who mayde thosse legz?”
“ At the other side of the forest nearby there is a species of creatures with arms and legs, they made them for me.”
“W-h-y?”
“To help me get back through the forest. And to help me live a happier life.”
“W-h-y deed youw go throow the forresteh?”
“I was pushed – by accident.”
Wherer theesse creeaturES peessful? Deed theye treet youwel?”
“They… they were nice to me.”
“Cane yoow think off anyathink theye maye terade?”
“Well, they like medical science… Slogs?”
“Yehs. Anyathink alse?”
Well, they might take money, just normal money.”
“Good. Weeldoe-n.”
She stayed a bit longer, asked a few more questions, the group of visitors drank several pints of coffee, President Ted asked some more questions about the vykkers. But eventually they left, but not in the direction they had come from, but towards the slice Mica had made in the forest.
Meanwhile, Sajilia watched as the sligs headed through the gap in the dividing line. She saw a vykker running away from the trees and returning later with a group. Then the two groups headed towards Micadil’s palace.
She knew that the time was drawing near. She looked across to Glucose and at the Glukkons who patrolled the walls. Then at the unsuspecting Mudokons, in Mudos. She thought of the hundreds of thousands of Mudokons who would be enslaved. Then of the blue mudokon both she and her husband had seen. She was their only hope… whoever he was…
Now what’s gonna happen? What will happen to the royal party of sligs at the most expensive building in Vykos? WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS BLUE MUDOKON (I say again, if you don’t already know the answer to that one, then I give up)? Find out the answer to as many of these questions as I can be bothered, in the action-packed sequel, CHAPTER 12!
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