Chapter 7 - Zeela!
The sun beat down on their heads. Bindee could feel it burning the tips of her soft, pink ears. It had seemed like such an adventure: to creep away while the others slept and go in search of Zeela. But it was frightening.
Bindee wished that she and Binni were curled up safely with their family, far away from the rabbit army. During the day it was too hot, and dangerous, for bilbies to venture abroad. |
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"Quiet!" hissed Zeela as they crept closer and closer to their old burrow.
They reached the last clump of saltbush and Zeela turned to hiss at them again. "I shall frighten Lepus and his soldiers to help with your plan. But remember, Foolish Ones, if the rabbits do not kill you, next time we meet I shall not be so generous!"
And with a flick of her tongue, Zeela was gone!
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"I'm so scared!" Bindee whispered.
"It's all right, Bindee. You stay here where you'll be safe. I shall go on alone", said Binni.
Bindee looked at her cousin. He was smiling bravely. But his nose had gone pale and his whiskers were giving little twitches all by themselves.
"No Binni," she gulped. "We shall stay together, no matter what happens. We faced Zeela together. Now we shall face the whole rabbit army!"
They reached the last clump of saltbush and Zeela turned to hiss at them again. "I shall frighten Lepus and his soldiers to help with your plan. But remember, Foolish Ones, if the rabbits do not kill you, next time we meet I shall not be so generous!"
And with a flick of her tongue, Zeela was gone!
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"I'm so scared!" Bindee whispered.
"It's all right, Bindee. You stay here where you'll be safe. I shall go on alone", said Binni.
Bindee looked at her cousin. He was smiling bravely. But his nose had gone pale and his whiskers were giving little twitches all by themselves.
"No Binni," she gulped. "We shall stay together, no matter what happens. We faced Zeela together. Now we shall face the whole rabbit army!"