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Chapter Eleven

The three of them crept slowly back to the

spring. It was cooler walking amongst the

thick branched trees, but the sun was baking

down on to the forest now. The tree tops

above them were alive with the noisy excited

sounds of birds and chimps. Jay wished he

could swing through the trees like the chimps.

At least up there they would be safe from the

Groundlings.

Soon they were back at the clearing where

they had seen the pile of rocks. Binny found a

good place for them to hide amongst the thick

bushes and they waited and listened for any

sounds of Groundlings for a full two minutes.

“I can’t see anything and I can’t hear

anything,” whispered Ella. “They’ve gone. It’s

okay.”

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