Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Candyland Returns: The Secret Locket (Chapter 16)

Charlotte saw a river of hot cocoa at her feet. There was a marshmallow floating on it and a little blonde-haired spec on the marshmallow. Charlotte wanted to get a closer look at this blonde-haired object so she shrank back down to her normal size. As she shrank, pink dust poofed around her. The grass around her began to grow really long all around her! She put her friends down on the ground. 

Rachel looked up from her marshmallow boat. The ground had been shaking and making waves in the hot cocoa. She fell off her marshmallow into the hot cocoa river. It was burning her legs! Her friends ran over to where they saw Rachel in the river.

“Rachel!” yelled Charlotte. She had a plan. 

“Lea, try to fetch the marshmallow with this piece of licorice.”

“Alright,” Lea said. 

She tied a lasso and tossed it to Avery. Lea saw a tasty looking clump of chocolate at the same time as holding the licorice rope. Accidentally the rope broke and fell into the river. Lea saw a marshmallow boat docked at the edge of the hot cocoa river and licked her lips.

“Oh no, you don’t!” said Charlotte. “You can’t eat the marshmallow! We need it to save Rachel’s life!” 

Kate saw ahead of Rachel the hot cocoa dropped off into a waterfall. She formed her lips into a whistle and called to her bird friends. A swarm of birds came toward Kate and grabbed her sleeves, lifting her up into the air. She thought she’d fly overhead and grab Rachel from the hot cocoa.

Charlotte had a new plan in mind. She was going to send Lea and the marshmallow boat toward Rachel. Lea would grab Rachel by the hands and bring her onto the boat.  

Meanwhile, Avery had a plan, too. She was going to imagine a helicopter. She was going to jump on, throw down a rope ladder for Rachel, and she would climb to safety. 

            They started off smoothly. Lea set sail on the marshmallow under Charlotte’s command, who was on shore directing her toward Rachel, the birds were carrying Kate toward Rachel, and Avery was in her helicopter heading toward Rachel, too. 

            Rachel was astonished! Where did a helicopter come from and why is Avery flying it? And why is Kate flying out of nowhere with birds carrying her? 

            “I’m coming to save you!” they all screamed at once.

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