After five exhausting days, Kelsey and Mortimer have finally arrived at Matadi, Congo. Kelsey decided to consult with her phone on how far the Okapi Wildlife Reserve would be.
"Searsha," She began. "How far is it to drive to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve?"
"48 hours." Said 'Searsha' in a robotic voice.
"48 hours?!" Kelsey shouted. "Dad will be having a whole barn of cows if I'm gone that long!" Mortimer then tweeted to get Kelsey's attention.
"What is it, Mortimer?" She asked mournfully. He then pointed to a sign that said 'Matadi National Airport. Only one hour way by foot'
"That's convenient!" Said Kelsey. "Okapi or bust, my trusty falcon!" She grabbed a map and started walking to the airport. After one full hour of walking, Kelsey felt exhausted. She then started to narrate to herself again.
"During her quest, Kelsey Pokoly and her trusty falcon had to walk under the burning hot sun in Congo. Is this the end of Kelsey? Will she never return to Herkleston? Will she be doomed to remain in Africa the rest of her life? Will she be eaten by a lion, hyena, or crocodile?" Suddenly, Kelsey heard a real voice.
"Next plane to Okapi Wildlife Reserve taking off in 15 minutes!" Said a voice. Kelsey and Mortimer had finally arrived at the Matadi National Airport!
"We finally made it, Morty!" She told her parakeet. "Now to find a way to get on the plane." She then looked at an empty box and had an idea.
"Looks like there will be two more animals to ship to the reserve!" She said quietly. She grabbed a sticker, wrote 'Okapi Wildlife Reserve' on it, and the both of them got in the box. One of the workers picked up the box containing Kelsey and Mortimer and literally threw it on the plane.
"Ow!" She said from inside the box. "I guess I should've put a fragile sticker on it, huh, Mortimer?"
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Back at the Creek, Craig was holding a meeting at the Trading Tree.
"May I have your attention, please?" He asked, speaking through a toy microphone. "You may have noticed that there was a speech this morning by my grandmother about the environment. We need to do our part, too, or else someone might want to turn our Creek into, say, a parking lot! That means no more galloping, no more biking, no more reading or talking about manga or anime, no more Trading Tree, and worst of all, no more exploring!" The kids all gasped upon hearing this. "So, we have to do our part to make the Creek a better place! I even made a deal with Kit on what to do when you collect enough pieces of trash." He then handed the microphone to Kit.
"With every five pieces of trash you find lying around in the Creek, I will give you a special Trading Tree treat!" She said. "But only one piece per customer! However, your own trash doesn't count! Same goes to anything from the Junk Lord! Now, who's with Craig?" The kids then cheered and searched the Creek for garbage in the trees, the grass, the water, the sand, the mud, and under the rocks. Craig then grabbed the microphone and started speaking.
"Goshen Junior Forest Scout Squad 7-B!" He said, and Josh, Ravi, and Ian stepped forward. "I have a special job for you." He then handed them a letter. "Give this to the Sewer Queen! She and her people need to do her part to help the environment, as well."
"A queen, you say?" Asked Ravi.
"No time to waste, gentlemen!" Said Josh. "To the sewers!"
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After a couple minutes of walking, the Goshen Junior Forest Scouts made it to a pipe leading to the sewers. However, there were two kids with foam noodles guarding the entrance.
"Hey!" One of them said. "These tunnels belong to the Sewer Queen."
"We just came here to deliver a message." Said Ravi. "It's from someone named Craig Williams."
"Hold it, my subjects!" Said an unknown voice. A girl with pink goggles, a blue bathing shirt, light blue swimming trunks, and messy black hair then walked out of the pipe. "Craig Williams is the one who saved me after a flood and warned us about the Honey Suckle Rangers! Anyone who's a friend of Craig's is a friend of mine! Anyway, what brings you here?"
"We came to deliver a message from Craig, your majesty." Said Josh, handing the paper over.
"If you want to, you can kick us out." Said Ravi.
"No need for that!" Said the Sewer Queen. "All feet may enter! Come inside!" Josh, Ravi, and Ian then walked into the sewers, and Josh was amazed.
"Wow!" He said. "It looks like something out of a video game!"
"These are sewer pipes that connect to everywhere in Herkleston." She said, and the four of them approached a pipe clogged with pool toys and trash. "This pipe leads to the other side of the Creek. That was where the Honey Suckle Rangers met Craig and tried to steal his map of the Creek!" Ian, being four cents short of a nickel, couldn't help but lose his train of thought when he heard the word 'honey'.
"Honey!" He said, and he started running towards the clogged pipe, but was stopped by Josh.
"Ian!" He said. "You no better than that. She said we're not allowed to go in there. By the way, are you gonna read the letter?"
"As you wish." Answered the Sewer Queen, and she started reading the card out loud. "'Dear Sewer Queen, This morning, my grandmother gave a speech about how we should take better care about our environment. I also gave a speech at the Creek not too long ago. Since the sewers are connected to the Creek and the ocean, you and your people need to do your part to keep the sewers clean. Tell your subjects to pick up anything unusual floating in the water so it doesn't end up in the Creek. Search through the waters and decide if the trash in there is something that you want or something that you need. Thank you so much for reading this letter, your highness. Sincerely, Craig. Maker of the Map.' Wow. Craig really does have a heart of gold. Thank you for delivering this letter, replacement Junior Forest Scouts! I will inform my subjects immediately! Bye the way, what are your names?"
"Josh." Said Josh.
"Ravi." Said Ravi.
"Ian." Said Ian.
"Thank you, Josh, Ravi, and Ian!" She said. "You may now go back to the surface world, Junior Forest Scouts!" As the trio left the sewers, the 'queen' decided to announce what to do next. "Alright, everyone! Let's clean up the sewers a bit! You don't want your queen to get stuck under a toy car again, do you?"
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It was now 4 PM, and Kit was all out of snacks.
"Goshen Junior Forest Scout Squad 7-B!" He said, and Josh, Ravi, and Ian stepped forward. "I have a special job for you." He then handed them a letter. "Give this to the Sewer Queen! She and her people need to do her part to help the environment, as well."
"A queen, you say?" Asked Ravi.
"No time to waste, gentlemen!" Said Josh. "To the sewers!"
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After a couple minutes of walking, the Goshen Junior Forest Scouts made it to a pipe leading to the sewers. However, there were two kids with foam noodles guarding the entrance.
"Hey!" One of them said. "These tunnels belong to the Sewer Queen."
"We just came here to deliver a message." Said Ravi. "It's from someone named Craig Williams."
"Hold it, my subjects!" Said an unknown voice. A girl with pink goggles, a blue bathing shirt, light blue swimming trunks, and messy black hair then walked out of the pipe. "Craig Williams is the one who saved me after a flood and warned us about the Honey Suckle Rangers! Anyone who's a friend of Craig's is a friend of mine! Anyway, what brings you here?"
"We came to deliver a message from Craig, your majesty." Said Josh, handing the paper over.
"If you want to, you can kick us out." Said Ravi.
"No need for that!" Said the Sewer Queen. "All feet may enter! Come inside!" Josh, Ravi, and Ian then walked into the sewers, and Josh was amazed.
"Wow!" He said. "It looks like something out of a video game!"
"These are sewer pipes that connect to everywhere in Herkleston." She said, and the four of them approached a pipe clogged with pool toys and trash. "This pipe leads to the other side of the Creek. That was where the Honey Suckle Rangers met Craig and tried to steal his map of the Creek!" Ian, being four cents short of a nickel, couldn't help but lose his train of thought when he heard the word 'honey'.
"Honey!" He said, and he started running towards the clogged pipe, but was stopped by Josh.
"Ian!" He said. "You no better than that. She said we're not allowed to go in there. By the way, are you gonna read the letter?"
"As you wish." Answered the Sewer Queen, and she started reading the card out loud. "'Dear Sewer Queen, This morning, my grandmother gave a speech about how we should take better care about our environment. I also gave a speech at the Creek not too long ago. Since the sewers are connected to the Creek and the ocean, you and your people need to do your part to keep the sewers clean. Tell your subjects to pick up anything unusual floating in the water so it doesn't end up in the Creek. Search through the waters and decide if the trash in there is something that you want or something that you need. Thank you so much for reading this letter, your highness. Sincerely, Craig. Maker of the Map.' Wow. Craig really does have a heart of gold. Thank you for delivering this letter, replacement Junior Forest Scouts! I will inform my subjects immediately! Bye the way, what are your names?"
"Josh." Said Josh.
"Ravi." Said Ravi.
"Ian." Said Ian.
"Thank you, Josh, Ravi, and Ian!" She said. "You may now go back to the surface world, Junior Forest Scouts!" As the trio left the sewers, the 'queen' decided to announce what to do next. "Alright, everyone! Let's clean up the sewers a bit! You don't want your queen to get stuck under a toy car again, do you?"
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It was now 4 PM, and Kit was all out of snacks.
"Guess I have to refill my cooler!" Said Kit. "Bye for the day, Craig!" She then handed Craig a large basket of all the trash that was collected and headed home. After dropping off the trash at a local dumpster, Craig then headed to Wildernessa's house to check on her. When he arrived, he told her about what the kids in the Creek did today.
"Perhaps I was wrong again, Craig." She said. "Not all humans are evil." Cheesesticks then came over and licked Craig's face. "Besides, I even met a woman at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve! She told me that they would show a bear on, what was that website again? BuzzTube?"
"You mean ViewTube?" Craig asked.
"Yeah!" Said Wildernessa. "She said they'd put the bear on ViewTube! What is ViewTube?"
"It's a website where people can watch videos of anything." Craig answered. "Would you like to see if they put the bear on ViewTube?"
"Alright!" Said Wildernessa. Craig, who was no longer grounded, got out his cellphone and searched Googs for 'Yukon Wildlife Reserve ViewTube'. He pulled up the newest video, which depicted Nova the bear climbing a tree and successfully eating honey from a beehive.
"Is that the bear you released from the Maryland Zoo?" Craig asked.
"You know it, Craig." She said.
"I thought captive predators don't do well in the wild." Said Craig.
"She promised that she would train Nova." Said Wildernessa. "She did this with me." She then wrapped her pinky finger around Craig's.
"That's a pinky promise." Said Craig, removing his hand from Wildernessa. "That's a promise that you don't break."
"Will you pinky promise to not capture wild animals like that turtle ever again?" Wildernessa asked.
"I promise." Said Craig, wrapping his pinky around Wildernessa's. "But what if I need to catch bugs for my pet gecko?"
"You may do that," Said Wildernessa. "But Stacks says that it's better if you buy crickets at your local pet store. You never know if those bugs you catch will carry diseases or not.
"Deal." Said Craig. He unwrapped his pinky from Wildernessa's and ran back to the Creek to round up some bugs for Blink.
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After four hours of being crammed in a box, Kelsey and Mortimer were finally at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo.
"We made it, Mortimer!" Said Kelsey, as she burst out of the box. She and Mortimer looked around and saw a beautiful African jungle. There were monkeys and chameleons in the trees, exotic birds flying and squawking, and a Forest buffalo drinking from a river. A woman with a similar skin color to Craig then noticed the girl and bird.
"Welcome to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, young girl." She started. "How on Earth did you get here?"
"I snuck on a boat and a plane." Replied Kelsey. "I have brought you one okapi and one leopard. Check inside the crates." The reserve worker opened one of the crates, one with 'okapi' stamped on it, and an okapi immediately ran out into the thicket of the jungle.
"Will it be okay?" Kelsey asked the reserve worker.
"Hopefully." She replied. "Okapis are solitary creatures. They prefer to be alone, but they still find other okapis to mate with."
"Can we release the leopard next?" Asked Kelsey.
"Yes." Replied the reserve worker. "But we need to be careful." She opened the next crate, with 'leopard' stamped on it, and Sofiya walked out of the crate, climbed up a tree, and took a power nap.
"Why is it sleeping?" Asked Kelsey.
"Leopards are nocturnal." Said the reserve worker. "They relax on branches high in trees- exactly the place where monkeys will go, and be caught by the agile cats. Leopards also eat antelopes, hyraxes, squirrels, and even birds."
"Cool!" Said Kelsey, while Mortimer just shuddered.
"For donating two rare animals to our establishment," Said the reserve worker. "You will be rewarded with 15,000 Congolese francs." She then handed Kelsey exotic dollar bills with elephants, rhinos, and okapis on them.
"Is this money?" She asked.
"Yes." Said the reserve worker. "Where are you from, young lady?"
"I am Kelsey Pokoly from Herkleston, Maryland." She answered. "And this is my falcon, Mortimer. Anyway, could I use these francs to afford a plane ride back home?"
"I do know a guy." Said the reserve worker. "One hour away from the west of the reserve, there's a pilot named Joel Kendrick. He might be able to bring you home." She then handed Kelsey two bottles of water. "Here. It's gonna be a long walk." Kelsey sighed and started heading west. However, a green chameleon then drooped down from a tree branch, hanging upside-down with its tail like a possum.
"Begone, you dragon!" Kelsey shouted, swatting the chameleon with her foam sword. The lizard then turned red and climbed up a different tree, and Kelsey continued walking with Mortimer right behind her.
Author's Notes: The Sewer Queen is, as her name suggests, the self-proclaimed queen of the sewers in Craig of the Creek. She and her 'people' live in the Herkleston sewers because of their webbed toes. The Sewer Queen appeared in the episodes 'Lost in the Sewers' and 'Return of the Honey Suckle Rangers'.
ViewTube, which was also mentioned in Chapter 13, was a spoof of YouTube from the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends episode 'Bloo Tube'.
"Begone, you dragon!" Kelsey shouted, swatting the chameleon with her foam sword. The lizard then turned red and climbed up a different tree, and Kelsey continued walking with Mortimer right behind her.
Author's Notes: The Sewer Queen is, as her name suggests, the self-proclaimed queen of the sewers in Craig of the Creek. She and her 'people' live in the Herkleston sewers because of their webbed toes. The Sewer Queen appeared in the episodes 'Lost in the Sewers' and 'Return of the Honey Suckle Rangers'.
ViewTube, which was also mentioned in Chapter 13, was a spoof of YouTube from the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends episode 'Bloo Tube'.
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