Chapter 3: kretopia

Amy regained her senses just before she fainted, put on a firm, serious face, and marched towards the house. Halfway towards it, she started to feel nervous and scared again. She wasn’t sure if she should go in there. “What would Arthur do?” She wondered. But the answer was obvious. If Amy was the one in trouble, he would have marched towards the house without thinking of the consequences. Amy tried to act just like Arthur, and trying to put away all her fear, she dashed towards the mammoth door and kicked it, hoping to knock it down; just like in those superhero shows she used to hear (on the radio). All she succeeded in was getting the giant’s attention. The giant gave a roar that was so loud; Amy thought she was going to go deaf. The giant smashed down the back door, and headed towards Amy. Poor Amy! She didn’t see the giant coming!

Arthur, meanwhile, was almost wetting himself. He was too scared to scream when the giant roared, but felt relieved when the giant rudely threw him down. Getting thrown from so high, his body shook so much that his body lost all senses of the fruit that brought him there in the first place. Arthur kept his eye out for anything else strange, deciding to keep his guard up until he made it back home. Arthur didn’t have time to think about what else could have been out there; he saw a centaur walking towards a boiling pot. There was more of the fruit in the pot. Oblivious to what was going on outside, Arthur wanted to stop it.

“Stop!” Arthur shouted. He could feel the heat from the pot, and outside of the pot, it was hot enough. Arthur could not imagine how hot it was inside. He did not want to watch someone burn up, so he decided to help the poor centaur. Arthur ran towards the centaur and the black, boiling cauldron. Arthur just made it when he got to watch the centaur crawl into the pot.

Amy, meanwhile, was trying to run away from the giant, but didn’t get too far; every ten steps of Amy’s was equivalent to one of the giant’s steps. The giant picked her up with one giant sweep with his hand, and clutched her in his hand. He had a firm grip on her, and was slowly bringing her towards his mouth. Amy struggled to free herself from the beast, but was not succeeding. Amy was almost in the giant’s mouth, when she gave a loud scream.