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Help!

Right as Tobin’s rear hit the earth, a muffled shriek rang out again…and this time, it sounded like a cry of pain!

The pangolin quickly leaped to his feet and looked frantically every which way.

“Ah-ha! It was you!” Bismark shouted triumphantly, pointing at Tobin’s rear. “I knew it! This better not be a sign that your stinker’s about to blow!” The sugar glider plugged his tiny nose with one paw and fanned the air with the other.

“That wasn’t me—I promise!” said Tobin. “I think the noise came from the forest.”

Bismark scoffed, but the pangolin ignored his friend. He tilted his head toward the trees then gazed into their shadows. The forest was always dark,

but tonight Tobin thought it felt even darker

than usual. The pangolin gulped. Could

some dangerous creature be lurking

in the woods? Nervously, Tobin

glancedbackathisfriends.

“Something must be out there,”

he whispered.

“Come on, muchacho.

We all heard it,” said Bismark.

“That noise came straight from

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