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Chapter Four

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“Keep pumping those paws, pangolino!” yelled Bismark, waving his stick in the air. “The sooner we get to the watering hole, the sooner Mademoiselle Cora shall be restored to her once-lustrous self.”

Tobin glanced at the wombat trudging slowly beside him. The group hadn’t been walking for long, but she was already gasping and her legs were wobbly and weak.

“I’m…I’m going as fast as I can.…” Tobin called, pretending to sound out of breath. He knew that he could move quicker, but he refused to leave Cora’s side. “How much farther?” he asked. He paused so the wombat could rest.

Dawn raised her snout toward the night sky. The moon was hanging at its peak, high above the trees. That meant they had already been traveling for quite ________

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