The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 10

                                                        The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 10
             The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 10
Jierra said, "Let's explore the palace!" Dave said, "Yeah." Edlia said,"I suppose. But I need to keep an eye on each of you infants. Of course, I have an even younger one to take care of." She smiled and patted her stomach. "Who?" asked Jierra, though it was pretty obvious what was happening. Edlia giggled. "Oh, you know how I married that nice young man Robert just a few weeks ago? You went to my wedding. We're having a baby." "Oh, is it a boy or a girl?" asked Jierra. She was not really excited. She was just wondering. She didn't really care what gender it was. She just wanted to know. "A girl," Edlia said cheerfully. "What ya gonna name the ratty rascal?"asked Dave. Edlia replied,"Sarah Lee, and she will  not be a ratty rascal." Then she added hopefully, "Probably not." Jierra said, "Let's explore!" 


              There was a long corridor, and then they came into a room the size of a ballroom. It had a shelf full of black velvet books . On another shelf, there were black and white and red towels. There was also a bed bigger than a king-sized.  The rest of the room was just empty space.

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 9

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               The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 9
Jierra heard a growl. Not the growl of a dirtier. Just the growl of Edlia's stomach. Edlia frowned as if to say, Why hasn't anyone suggested we go find breakfast? So Jierra said, "Let's eat! I'll bet there's apple pie, chicken and dumplings, peas and carrots, lettuce with vinaigrette, turkey breast and milk, and finally, root beer and lemonade." Jierra jumped up. "I'll race ya," said Dave. "Me, too," said Edlia. So they raced to the end of the hall. Edlia won, Jierra came in second, and Dave lost. They turned into the kitchen. It amazingly had exactly what Jierra said. Jierra sat next to Edlia, while Dave sat at the far end of the table. Nobody wanted to sit next to him because he wet his pants. Jierra and Dave had two helpings of everything, but Edlia only had one dumpling, a large piece of chicken, a slice of apple pie, and a glass of lemonade. Jierra burped twice, and Dave burped once. "Excuse you! You should be ashamed  of yourselves! " said Edlia. Then she burped, too. " Excuse me," she said shyly,  and looked down at her empty plate. Jierra and Dave snickered.

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 8

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                                         The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 8
Jierra woke up in a bedroom and bed that looked somewhat like her own. It had black sheets and a pale yellow pillow case. A shiny pink chandelier hovered over it. There was a wooden bedside table painted hot pink. Maybe this had all been a dream after all. No, it hadn't. It had seemed too real. Then Jierra heard her proof. A voice  which Jierra recognized to be Dave's said, "I wet my pants. This was proof because the night before, Dave said that he had to pee. Then Dave walked in. His pants were wet, alright. They were wet all the way from his crotches to his ankles. It looked like there had been a flood! Dave noticed that Jierra was staring. He said, "Stop staring! It's humiliating." Jierra snickered. Dave said, "I'm changing the subject. Last night, after that dirtier threw a rock at you and you fainted, me and Edlia waited until the dirtier went back to his castle, and we picked you up and followed him. We found this room in the palace of the dirtiers and put you in it. It is morning now. You are right, we are not going back home until the dirtiers and co-" "The dirtiers and king." Jierra corrected. "Whatever. Anyway, we are not going back home until the dirtiers and co. are dead." "Where's Edlia?" Jierra suddenly jerked up in bed as if she had sat on a pin. Dave pointed to the door. Edlia opened it, peeked in, and waved.

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 7

                               The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 7
The creature growled. "If all of us Dirtiers plus the King die, Mozar and all of the other little children we are going to kill will be fine."  Jierra spoke up. "We ought to kill the Dirtiers and their king. Don't you think so, Edlia & Dave?" No response. Then Jierra heard a high, shrill, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and then a piercing pain hit her leg. Then everything went totally black.

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 6

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                         The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 6
   "It's time to leave," sobbed Edlia. Jierra did not understand why Edlia was sobbing. Then Dave said, "Mozar is very sick. There is a high possibility that he'll... he'll... pass away into the heavens,'' (sob). "But we can't just leave," said Jierra. She almost sobbed too, but not quite, because she did not cry very often, even if  horrible things were going on. Jierra again: "I met this monster and I have a feeling he has something to do with Mozar being sick and everything." Dave: "Come on, idiot. There's no such thing as monsters. Anyway, I have to pee reeeeeeaaaaaaaal bad." But behind them, there was a low growl. "Jierra, your're right, I am the one who is going to kill Mozar. And Dave, you are right about there being no monsters. We are not monsters. We are evil creatures. We are the tribe of the Dirty Slog. We are the dirtiers who kill and pollute."

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 5

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                        The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 5
            She got up and started down a passage way. She did it on all fours so she could use her nails  for lots of little tiny lanterns so that she would not bump into anything. She was shaking, and she was thirsty. The passage way was so long that it took an hour to get through!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She stopped and decided to take a li'l nap. Well, by this time, the creature was very angry. It had come to check on her and when it got there it mumbled, "Must'v figured out the passage way." Edlia and Dave, two of Jierra's cousins, had also come to check on Jierra. They walked for a long time. They found the cell. They lifted it up and slid down the passage way. Meanwhile, Jierra awoke with a start. She heard footsteps coming. Now she was very thirsty. She heard Edlia's tender, gentle voice say,"Jierra!" Edlia sounded as if she was about to cry. "Yes, I'm here," Jierra replied. She held up her nails. "Oh, thank goodness," exclaimed Edlia. Dave said, "We brought some water for you."

The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 4

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            The Dooms of the Dunes Chapter 4
    Jierra understood that this meant that the rectangle with bars was the cell. So the square was somewhere at the bottom of the cell. What scared her was that she didn't know if it was an escape or... a booby trap. She was going to have to be brave and risk it being a booby trap. She knelt down and traced the floor with her fingers. She finally traced a small square. She jumped on it. It opened and she squeezed through. It was not that she was fat, (in fact she was very skinny), it was just that she was thirteen and this was fit for an eight-year-old. It was pitch-black and the only reason she could see her hands in front of her face if she wanted was because she had on Mega-Glow Nail Polish For Hands Of All Ages!. She kept Falling,Falling,Falling,Falling,Falling faster and faster until she fell hard on her back. She saw a spider on one of her nails and the only thing that kept her from screaming was the fact that it was just a daddy-long-legs. "Hi, Daddy", said Jierra, and giggled.