Amy and Stripes: page 11

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"Uh-oh. Curl into a little ball and stay as quiet and as still as you can," Corpse said suddenly.

"Why?" Amy demanded.

"Shhhhhhh!" Corpse said. He was already curling into a ball on the floor. Amy reluctantly did the same. As soon as she had finished, a giant shadow passed over them.

When they were sure that whatever cast the shadow was gone, they stood up and Amy immediately declared "What was that all about?!"

"There was a Terrihocky in the sky," Corpse said.

"A Terapockitet?!"

"No, a Terrihocky. It's a giant land blowfish," Corpse explained.

"What's so dangerous about it?" Amy asked.

"When it sees something that it wants to eat that's moving (that's the only thing it eats), it squirts purple poisonous goo out of a nozzle on its forehead that immediately freezes you until someone can get you covered in Terricoty goo."

{more to come}