Friends- Chapter Eight

 Chapter 8
Thinacy receives an obnoxious letter 

"I never, ever, EVER want to do something like that again,"  gasped Thinacy, out of breath.
 
"How could a simple grenade explode that spooky superstore?" Chyta asked a red-faced Thinnalla, panting and leaning on a tree.
"It was from the 'Scariest Additions' section," Thinnalla answered shortly, in a no-nonsense tone.  "It was a 'Nuclear Grenade'.  The 'buy me!' note on the bottom of the stock rack said, 'surprise your enemies with this "grenade", it will do more harm then they think!' "
"Well, that makes sense," breathed Chyta.
"Well, after you're all done explaining," said Kimcy, "I, for one, think that Kimmie and Thinnalla take too much time and meaningless syllables to say.  And they don't really even sound like names.  What can we call them for short?"
"I think 'Kim' might be just right for Kimmie, " Chyta began, "but, on Thinnalla's part, I don't think anyone would like to be named 'Thin.'  Or 'Fat,' for that matter!"
Thinnalla nodded fiercely.
"Then how about 'Alla'?" Thinacy suggested plaintively.
"That sounds a lot better than 'Thin'," Thinnalla said appreciatively.
  Suddenly, everyone began to laugh.
"Kim and Alla, welcome to the group!" chortled Chyta amid giggles from the others.
Just then, a large, creamy brown envelope fell down.  It had no return address, no postage, no phone number or zip code, but only, in thick black ink, scrawling letters which said:  For Miss Thinacy Cobalt.  
"Huh?" said Chyta, cocking her head and lifting an eyebrow.
Kimcy took action, grabbing the envelope and reading the cursive writing with more comprehension than Chyta's old friend Belize, and shoving the letter into Thinacy's paws.
"It's for you,"  she said. 
"I've never received mail before, maybe it says something else," said Thinacy, but she curiously opened it nonetheless. 
A high-pitched scream, rather musical, emitted from the letter almost immediately.
Words could be discerned through the shrieking:
MISS COBALT LOOK IN THE BUSHES BEHIND YOU AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 IN THE EVENING TOMORROW THANK YOU
YOU WILL FIND A SURPRISING SURPRISE THERE THAT YOU UNDOUBTEDLY NEED AND HAVE BEEN MISSING YOU'RE WELCOME and it repeated on and on.
It became very monotonous. 
Fortunately, it shut up when they rolled out their sleeping bags that Kim and Alla had conjured with their magic wands.
But it woke them up at 6:00 sharp, reminding them about Thinacy's "surprising surprise". 
 At twelve in the afternoon they stopped.  The letter stopped screaming in the middle of it's "approximately".  Thinacy looked behind her.
 Sure enough, there was something moving in the bushes.
Thinacy walked bravely up to the bushes and peered inside.
"Delevine!"  She suddenly shrieked.




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