life, ya’ll,” she winks and giggles. “But some other teen will. Do ya get it now!”
Lamis frowns with frustration. “I studied hard too. I’m going to get passed the red color tone and out of Albend without ever killing an innocent lamb. I don’t eat lamb chops. When I do I’ll be working and living in a new outer town, maybe Colfax,” nods and smiles.
Buffo drops his mouth. “Dang, I gotta tell Hatch this important information before…before…something happens,” stands.
Chapter 7
Rain storm
Buffo stands then races to the cave entrance. He slips his hand into the rain feeling the heavy teardrops then sees the blinding lightning bolts. I stand then dash hugging him. “What are you doing? Where are you going? It’s a pour down of heavy rain drops,” when the thunder roars then the lightning bolt strikes the soil too close near our cave. I exhale with fear. “You could get hit and killed with one single lightning bolt…”
He scans the rain narrowing his eyelids, looking in the far distance. “I gotta inform both Hatch and Jara of our new learned information about the Cubby Hole and the me-chee colored chart associated with the outer towns. They must continue to pass at 75 percent into the next color tone…”
I drop my mouth in shock. “Then I’ll have more competition for the golden job.”
Buffo swings and sneers at Ketona. “What did ya say?”
I exhale. “I mean,” swallowing the thick salvia. “I mean that’s a good idea. We need to tell them…”
Duchie dashes into the rain getting wet then swings and smiles to Buffo. “I’ll help ya locate Hatch and Jara too.”
Buffo smiles then nods, fingering the landscape. “Thank you so much, Duchie. The orange room is located east of the cave. The cave entrance is the opposite side of the room on the west. So I’m going south. Duchie, you head north scouting for Jara and Hatch. Ketona, you go west along this wall of trees. There probably is a few more cave entrances where Jara and Hatch are having some fun with their new friends. Okay, get going!” Duchie smiles and salutes then turns to the north jogging in the heavy rain.
I grab his arm. “Look, we can tell Hatch inside the Cubby Hole when we all return safe and dry from the crazy roller coaster ride after leaving here. Just jump out of the chair and spit into his face…”
Buffo exits the cave entrance then turns south as Ketona bumps into his bicep. He says. “You’re supposed to scout along the west wall, Ketona. I got the south ground landscape which is huge. I can see for miles even in the heavy rain storm,” when the thunder roars.
We both hit the wet soil in case of a lighting strike. If you hear the sound of thunder then you are in danger of a lightning strike hitting you, the ground or a nearby object, since thunder is the sound caused by the sizzling lightning bolt.
I pinch his skin, panting with fear. “Buffo, it’s raining with thunder and lightning. We’re going to get struck or killed,” when the thunder roars then flashes and strikes with a single lightning bolt again. “Ya know you aren’t supposed to be running around during a thunder storm with lightning bolts. We could get killed,” wiping my face from the raindrops to see his face.
He scans the wet landscape of trees and bushes in the thick raindrops. He wipes his face from the water then stands. He jogs side to side looking for a cave, saying. “And Hatch and Jara could get accidental trapped inside a color tone without our shared knowledge requiring them to answer 75 percent of the questions. At the present time it’s the first six questions then stop answering them. Then they will automatically advance into the next color tone…”
I run catching up with his long legs. “They know that. They’re here too somewhere safe and dry unlike us fools…”
Buffo stops and frowns at her. “What did you say?”
I view the side landscape then him. “I didn’t mean to say that.”
Buffo
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