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Chapter 2
It was two days before Terry’s birthday and the entire student body was buzzing with
excitement. Terry always only wanted one thing for his birthday: yosterberries, they only
thrive in the summer and Evandale is renowned for having the tastiest around. Everyone
wanted to be involved, gathering the berries for Terry, so Miss Lotus organised an excursion
to a nearby orchard to pick the berries.
On the day of the highly anticipated trip, all of the children were extremely eager to make
Terry’s birthday wish come true, and so excited in fact that they didn’t notice one of the
students had wondered off. Drew, a smaller, but brave seeker of adventure had gotten
distracted and walked away from the group. After his short explore, he was upset that he was
missing out on the fun and tried to catch up with the group, but on the way back to the
orchard something caught his eye. A fragile, old fox with molting, grey hair following a
mysterious man and an older lady. They were walking into a strange building that had duck
egg blue paint peeling from its boxy concrete walls. It was small enough to be a single
bedroom. Drew, filled with curiosity to why such a foreign-looking room would be there,
snuck around the back and crouched himself near a window to try and listen to their hushed
conversation. The woman inside had long, frizzy, dyed red hair and was wearing a flowing,
deep purple dress. Her thin face and lips were turned down into a scowl, glaring into the
timid eyes of the awkward, alarmingly short man standing next to her. He was barely the
height of the window and Drew had to peer downwards into the room to see the top of his
blonde, straight hair. He was dressed in a black tuxedo and long black boots that went up to
his knees.