THE MAPLE'S WORK

CHAPTER 4

THE MAPLE'S WORK

After the door opened the rhino left them at the door , and an elephant who was approximately 16 feet tall was waiting for them at the door.

𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 , 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝.

Brooklyn heard the noises and looked back to see where the noises came from. Looking at the door she lowered her eyebrows , then eyes widened like an owl and mouth remained open.

Brooklyn amazes seeing them all ,

then everyone moved towards Brooklyn

but before she could say anything , everyone started to create a fuss. Telling how they found so many camps , how they figure out the real one , how the animals help them , about presents they have received , how to use presents in future , they also tell them that she was the only one who's in the right place. When Brooklyn was aware of everything , she said: But I'm here for half an hour at least , there was no door then , where did it come from now?

What?It wasn't? No ,Eh... maybe you didn't see it in the dark and you were worried about escaping too , said Parker in a low pitched voice.

𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 , 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 , said the lion.

What ? So how did it get here?

𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 , 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙 , 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 , 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 ; Seduce what ? How ? Brooklyn asked.

𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 , 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙 , 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 , 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚑 !!

Yes , Yes…..

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙.

Everyone looked at each other in amazement and into the lion's eyes , their eyes were questioning.

All of us , So what are you saying ? She tried to seduce each and everyone of us ?

𝚢𝚎𝚜 ! 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕.

But why did she want that?

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 , 𝚒 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 , 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚝𝚌 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢.

𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎 , 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 , 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚘 , 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 , 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 , 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 , 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 , 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 ,

𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 , 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎 , 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 , 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎.

But why are you helping us? And whenever any of you leave , you are giving us such strange powers which we don't even know how to use , Why ?

𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 , 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗.

Since then I have been trying to move this giant round stone but it didn't move even a little , said Brooklyn in an irritated tone.

Ok , there may be another way like this as this door exist itself , may be there is another way to remove this rock , like I went up in the stairs , Leo saw a ditch , he found tunnels , so I guess to escape from there will not be that simple as we're thinking , there is a huge….story running behind , said Violet.

The first thing to do is to find a way out of here , let's explore , said Wan.

And then everyone got busy finding the way.

I'm not finding anything , said Parker , yeah me too , replied Clara.

Hey , look over there Wan called everyone in excitement. Violet who was scraping floor to find out anything

underneath , Brooklyn who was still trying to move the stone , Leo who was examining the stones which were on the ground that maybe there's a clue hidden in these stones , Clara who was helping Leo finding stones and examining stones herself too , Parker who was into the bushes tunnel , Autumn who wasn't doing anything and was just moving in fear and screaming even when leaves rustles , hearing Wan's voice all moved towards her.

Yes ? Did you see anything ? Leo asked. Yes ! looks like there's something hidden on the top of that yellow meranti , said Wan.

Where ?? There !!

Yes , Yes….. there's something I can see , Leo said.

Where ? I can't see anything , said Violet.

There , Look carefully like a mini cupboard on the branch of yellow meranti , Wan said.

Oooh ! Yes , But how will our hands reach so high?

𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 , the elephant said.

𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 , 𝚒 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

I'm the tallest , said Violet.

The elephant mounted Violet on its trunk then mounted her on his back.

Violet stood carefully on the elephant's back and raised her hands a little , her hands reached up and it was like a small cupboard and the door was slightly opened through which the leaves were peeping. She opened the door that made a creaky sound. The door was tall and wide. The cupboard was full of leaves , she picked up the leaves and threw them down , as she moved the leaves she felt something.

What's that ?

Everyone got alert.

It's something like iron.

Everyone's eyes were gazing at her hands. She hurriedly started removing all the leaves.

EUREKA !!! I found it.

What is it? I don't know , it's like a lever,

an iron rod and it will rotate from right to left.

Then turn it around , everyone said in excitement.

Yes , I am doing. Uh…..huh….. phooey!!!

It looks like it's too old and it's jammed , I can't.

No , don't give up Violet , please.

Violet was gasping , Ok I'll try again , she said with a sigh.

Ooooohh.... I'm trying !! I'm trying !!

Yes , you can do it ! Everyone began to cheer her on.

Argh!!!! huh….huh... uhh..

And then it rotated.

HALLELUJAH!! HALLELUJAH !!

WOOHOO !!

And then came some noise , everyone looked back. The stone was shaking from its place , and when it got out of its place , there was a cave behind the rock.

Yoooo , what ?? Yahoo!!!!!

They were on cloud nine since the stone moved. They were swaying with joy.

Then they began to move towards the cave. The cave was dark.

𝚒 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 , 𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠.

And then the elephant went away.

𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘𝚘.

You're also going ? questioned Autumn trembling.

𝚠𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 , 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎.

Ok bye !

𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚢𝚎 !!

I hate goodbyes , said Leo.

Then they all entered the cave , the ground was rough , it was creating a noise when they were walking , as they walked they came across a wall. On the left side there was another cave which was darker. They turned left and entered into it after a walk of three minutes , in front was an arched bridge. There was nothing under the bridge , their sounds were echoing as they spoke , the bottom was quite dark.

The bridge was made in the space of 8 feet of ditchy area. After descending from the bridge , walking two steps on the ground , there was a wooden house in front. What a spectacle , how to get out of here now , said Autumn angrily. Find out what to do now , said Clara. Is there any place to put the key , I have the key , said Parker. No , that's what I'm looking for , Violet who had been examining the door said. Will it be as difficult to get out of here as it was outside? Brooklyn asked.

I don't think so ! there isn't so much space here , said Wan.

Something is probably at the door , said Leo. I feel the same , Violet replied Leo. Hey look how beautiful it is , said Parker.

Parker ! search for a clue , don't waste our time , said Autumn.

And I don't think so , it will be as simple as you guys are thinking , Autumn said. No we didn't say it will be simple , but will not be very complicated , what we think , Wan replied.

Leave all that look here , I'm saying it is really very beautiful , there may be something hidden , please have a look , Parker requested.

What is it? Everyone turned to him.

After watching the thing Parker showed them , a big smile appeared on Violet's face , she said expressing happiness.

No way ! Is that for real ! Can't believe I know how to get out.

Don't be stupid , Violet it's just a maple stamp , what does it have to do with getting out? said Brooklyn.

No , it's not just a stamp , it's my whole victory , said Violet.

What are you saying Violet ? Are you hungry , do you want to eat anything ? said Wan , irritated.

You all don't know anything , when I was in the tree , the dinosaur sent me his message written on it and that time she told me to keep it with me and take good care of it , you'll need it in future and I'm sure I have to use it here , Violet told them each and everything.

What ? Then hurry up and see , said Leo.

Violet took the maple out and tried to put that on the stamp and the maple stick to it , itself. Then the light started coming out from the edge of the maple stamp , then the door opened as soon as they saw it , the light started coming more and more , they put their hands over their eyes. After a while they slowly removed their hands from their eyes , the door was wide open , there was a very big river in front.

The water of the river was colorful and very beautiful , there was a glimpse of the rainbow all over the river.

It is so elegant , graceful , quite winsome , I have never seen such a glamorous scene in my life , it is so artistic looking like a painting. Their mouths weren't stopping praising the scene. That was really surreal , the colorful river was surrounded by trees all around , and in the middle was a boat. If we board this boat , there must be our camp ahead , because it is so colorful and the scene quite matches the camp we were in , everyone said.

Then they all got on the boat and started to sail. While driving the boat , they saw the camp.

Look , the camp is there , we did it yayyy ! hurrah !!

They were all cheering very much.

Everyone got off the boat , stood in front of the camp and they were looking at each other happily. Their hair was blowing in the wind.

FINALLY , TIME FOR THE TURN !!! said everyone altogether and ran towards the camp.

I'm sure , the door has come here in the camp too , meaning the evil kid will be even weaker , said Wan.

The next second they were sitting on the table , whose turn is it now ? Leo asked.

Your turn Leo , said Clara , it was my turn , now L will be next so Leo it's you.

Leo sighed , took the dice and threw it.

It's double 1 , The next one has to close their eyes and throw dice.

Just it , Woah! What a narrow escape !

Yes , but you reached two numbers ahead only , said Autumn.

No problem, think positive ! he replied.

Your turn Parker.