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Chapter 9 |
Hyde Makes War |
"These humans are worse than The Dad," Figan muttered to Hyde. "These humans are really dangerous." The slaughter went on and on throughout the morning. When the terrible machines began to sputter, the big humans stopped to fill them with dark fluid. While Figan concentrated on the destruction, Hyde appeared much more interested in the cigarette breaks. During one of these, the tiny ape noticed that the luckless Cecil had left his pack of cigarettes on the stump of a large beech tree. With a demonic chuckle, Hyde quit the safety of his thicket. Darting like a hunting spider from bush to bush, Hyde swiftly reached the stump and seized the Cecil pack from its resting place. Breathlessly Hyde regained the shelter of the thicket with his prize. "Figan," he chortled," first I get Cecil with my pike. Now I take his cigarettes. Soon Cecil die!" "Lunch time!" bellowed Mel. Within moments, the roars of the horrid eel-tooths faded into silence, and the men carelessly abandoned them on the ground. "I have an idea, Hyde," Figan said. "When an eel-tooth stops, its human has to pour liquid into it to start it again. Let's put dirt into these horrid machines and see what happens." |
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