Chapter 2- The Daisyspring field
Hazel woke with a start; the rainwater had seeped through the gap in the leaf and had almost flooded the place where Almond was sleeping. She stepped out and was met eye to eye with a snarling fox, she rushed in and woke Chestnut, put the Almond on her back so she could rest and started to burrow, leading Chestnut away from the foxes. They had to hurry because foxes now knew her scent and where probably following it. Controlling Almond, Hazel quickened her pace and called for her brother.
They came to tree roots 2 perfectly in line. She knew that these where the trees she had squeezed herself through to enter the valley. She immediately turned upwards and waited for the foxes to pass. Then she broke through the soil to the clearing. They then set off for Daisyspring fields before the foxes could eat them. After they has left the clearing. Almond had found a small daisy. Hazel then ran to where she was and stood around a tree, a sight met her eyes, she was standing in the Daisyspring field.
Scanning around for safety, she saw a green bush no bigger than the tallest daisy. Chestnut ran to it and then tucked Almond into her scarf. Hazel was leaning against the bush near where almond slept. A loud whisper filled her ears
“Get out of my bush,”
Hazel fiddled with the berries put them in her sack and burrowed faster than she had ever burrowed in her life. Chestnut and Almond followed after her. A shadow then leapt into the burrow…
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