Orientation, Part 6

The duckling managed to escape the herd of llamas running after her. No one was quite sure how. All they knew was she was in front of them one minute and gone the next.

Pito paced in his room. He had a sneaking suspicion that "Nora" had helped the duckling escape. But how? And how could he prove it?

Pito had an idea. He just needed to set a trap.

In Nora's Room

"And tell the llamas that only I, Nora am allowed to chase other animals. Duckling or not," Nora was saying.

JoyJoy nodded at her as she scribbled on a paper.

"And tell the llamas that only I, Nora am allowed to train to fight other animals," Nora added.

JoyJoy nodded and scribbled again.

"Okay, JoyJoy, read them back to me. All eighty-seven of my new directives," Nora demanded.

JoyJoy looked at her paper and titled her head. She smiled at Nora and handed her the paper.

"What's the problem, llama?" Nora began then looked at the scribbles. "Oh. Never mind. I'll write them out myself."

JoyJoy bounced over and gave Nora kisses.

"Okay, okay, you crazy llama. Go play llamaopoly or something," Nora told her.

JoyJoy wandered out of the room but wondered why Nora was suddenly calling her a llama instead of a giraffe like she usually did.

Until next time, be ever attentive!

Orientation, Part 5

Pito was growing increasingly alarmed by the way Nora's mouth didn't move when she spoke. Though she did still order everyone around so he wasn't as concerned as he might have otherwise been. However, three days after Pito had crashed his motorcycle, "Nora" made an odd request for lunch.

"Llamas, I am tired of cheeseburgers. I'd like a peanut butter sandwich, no jelly, some celery with peanut butter, and a peanut butter milkshake. Make it happen, llamas!" she demanded.

Pito had a sneaking suspicion that "Nora" wasn't Nora. He wondered if somehow Evil Emperoress Elsie had managed to infiltrate their group.

He was about to confront "Nora" when JoyJoy, who is actually a giraffe but since she's the only giraffe in their neighborhood, they let her join the llama retribution squad, came running over to Pito.

She was terribly excited and it took several minutes for her to stop sneezing enough to explain what was happening. Finally she pointed to a spot in the fence and Pito just saw a hint of yellow.

"Is it the duckling?" he asked JoyJoy.

She nodded and pointed again.

Pito managed to get the llamas attention.

"Llamas, the duckling that attacked Nora and I is hiding in those bushes over there! If we have any hope of protecting Nora, we must capture that duckling and interrogate her!" Pito proclaimed.

The llamas turned to look at the bushes where Pito pointed.

"Let's get her!" They yelled as they took off toward the fence.

"Uh oh," Pito heard "Nora" say just before she ran for the fence.

Until next time, be ever attentive!