Muffin's Adventure in the Space Jungle (Chapter 4)

Before she knew what was happening, Muffin found that she had been hurled head first into the jungle bush she first emerged from. She shook her head and tried to gather her senses before she heard another, ‘RAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!’

Muffin pulled her head out of the bush and as she turned around she was confronted by a gigantic green slimy monster.

‘AAAAHHHH! It’s… it’s… it’s… a slime monster!’ Muffin was terrified, this was much worse than a tiny wriggly worm.

The slime monster rose out of what Muffin previously called the ‘squidgy thing’. It kept on rising, higher and higher till it towered above the tall trees all around. It roared again, ‘RRRAAARRRRGGHH!!’

‘Oh no, I’m done for!’ cried Muffin. ‘Please… please…’ Muffin was lost for words as she desperately tried to back away from the slimy monster.

The monster began to arch it’s way down, closer and closer to the now petrified orange space cat. ‘COME HERE!’ the monster roared as it began stretching its slimy arm towards Muffin.

‘Ah… ahh…’ Muffin turned her head slightly and caught sight of the opening in the bush where she had come from. She was filled with a glimmer of hope, but she had to act quickly, the slime monster’s hand was now just inches away from her. She mustered a pathetic sounding cat ‘roar!’ which did actually make the slime monster flinch slightly. This gave Muffin just enough time to push herself off the ground and make a dive through the opening in the bush.

‘I did it!’ she chuckled as she found herself darting quickly through the long bush. Out the other side she came where she continued at top speed over the mole mound, under the tree trunk and all the way to the very end of the muddy path. She kept going till she found herself a perfect hiding place in an opening at the bottom of a large hollow tree trunk.

‘Phew! Safe at last!’ said Muffin as she finally had a chance to catch her breath. ‘I thought I was a goner!’

Muffin began to go over the events of the past few minutes in her head as she realised how fortunate she had been to get away from such a terrifying creature. ‘Perhaps I’ll head home now’ she thought to herself. But just as she stood up ready to climb out of her hiding place she was instantly knocked to the ground by an earthquake-like vibration in the ground.

[Chapter 5]