The Hubby Hold (IQ Testing Book 2) by Ipam Page B

“Unbelievable! The Cubby Hole has twisted my pretty petite cats into long and lean fighting cougars. I failed and fell into the room, first, being the only teen. I changed the park place…”
    He smiles and nods. “Yeah, the Cubby Hole is totally fun. Get inside the kart, Ketona! There’s plenty of food up here, for the cats, not us. The hills are full of fat elk. So, we just observe one cougar then turn around quickly, and zoom back down the mountain, and then into the room. The end! Keep your eyeballs peeled for our cat.”
    I stomp to the kart, scooting inside. “This is all crazy. I’ll been worried and suffering over you, since the orange color tone. Why haven’t you advanced into the red color tone? I have been listening to all the academic questions, sweating through the correct answers, and then advancing…”
    He drops his mouth, viewing her for a quick moment, driving up the mountain side. “Ya advanced forward into the next color tones, without me.”
    I gasp then view his nose profile. “I…”
    He drives. “I’ve been waiting for you to show up, here, inside the orange color tone, Ketona. Man, you’ve been keeping me waiting for a couple of hours, now, girl. Ya know I was really worried. Some of the math problems ain’t easy. I thought ya failed, or something. I thought you were stuck back inside the yellow color tone, failing and falling behind, too.”
    I gasp. “I…”
    He smiles. “So, I guess ya’ll be having fun inside the red color. Are Rincon and Marsilla with ya, waiting for me, too? I don’t particular enjoy, being around that new girl Nephella…”
    I exhale, gritting my teeth, slamming my fists into the console. “Buffo, why haven’t you advanced into the red color tone, joining me, Rincon, and Marsilla? Why is Duchie, here, with you?”
    He drives, turning away from the other karts, into an isolated flat plain, frowning with sadness. “I’ve been waiting for our friends.”
    I shake my curls. “What friends? All of our friends are inside the…other color tone, except for Duchie. Why is Duchie, here, with you?”
    “Our good friends and neighbors, Jara and Hatch.”
    I gasp, viewing the console, nodding. “O yeah! Right, our friends, Jara and Hatch, yes, of course…”
    “Have ya forgotten? They’re stuck inside the yellow color tone? We saw them, there, inside the yellow color tone.”
    “Yes, I remember. We did. How long are we going to wait for Jara and hatch to show up, here, inside the orange park place? I mean, it’s late afternoon, already. Citizenship Day ends, eventually…”
    He drives and smiles. “Naw, not until midnight…”
    I view his nose profile. “How do you know that strange fact? We were not told…”
    He drives and nods. “I agree. My BPs didn’t tell me, either. Your BPs didn’t tell ya, neither. Some of the teens tattled about some information. So, we kinda put our heads, together, and added two and two, together, and finally figured out, how the Cubby Hole really works. It’s a game for fun and sport and adventure, inside each park place. That’s why it’s called Citizenship Day. The carefree teens have fun, before, becoming a serious working citizen of Colfax. The only one single rule to remember for the Cubby Hole, as long as, a teen zooms back and forth between the color tones, either failing or passing, then Citizenship Day is active. That way, any teen, at anytime, can advance into the next color tone, and eventually into the golden color tone…”
    “What about the single difficult question, inside the golden color tone, which is asked to every teen? My understanding, that situation occurs, when the first teen reaches the golden circle, after correctly advancing throughout the color chart, which is Marsilla. Marsilla is there, inside the golden circle, already.” I exhale, tossing my hands and shaking my curls with confusion. “No, that’s not right, either!”
    “She is? Huh, I didn’t think Marsilla that smartie with