The monster couldn't understand her words. "Please don't hurt me. I'm only looking for my friend." She may as well have been hurling the nastiest insults and meanest threats, from the way its enormous red eyes glared at her from across the cavern. She sidled along the cool wall of stone, keeping one eye on the best at all times, and the other on the small opening by his right hoof. If she could just make it to that hole...
Suddenly the monster charged. She abandoned the cave wall and screamed in terror. As she ran for her life, the contents of her pouch flew out, falling to the hard dirt floor. She thought about recovering the pendant... then she thought about Michael, lost, hurt and afraid. She ran for the hole and never looked back.
If she had, she would have seen the terrible beast rooting around on the floor with its great snout. He had discovered the chocolates among the stash she had lost. He was content to let her go.
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