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always clicked on one of the options before

            they had a chance. All this noise would attract

            Groundlings from miles around. They had to

            stop it.

               “Stop it!” Jay tried yelling, but no one took

            any notice. Jay put his hands over his ears to

            keep out the din.

                Suddenly Ella’s voice rose above the

            racket. This time the Pioneers took notice.

               “Quiet!” Ella stormed at them. “We are not

            going to behave like this.”

               They fell as silent and still as a group of told

            off school kids. For a moment they stood red-

            faced, guilty. Binny and Rosie murmured

            “sorry” and “didn’t mean it” and Ella had

            everyone under control again.

               “We’ll follow The Guide’s instructions and

            go that way,” she waved her hand at the forest


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