Frankelope's Great Adventure - Part Two

Written by: Twinkle

Frankelope - Part Two

The Sun was shining, the birds were singing and Frankelope was Frankeloping along. He was in a wonderful mood. Light was pouring in through the leaves and between branches, dappling the forest floor with an intricate, light green pattern. A tiny, dark blue brook snaked its way in between the trees and wove its way into a pool in a small clearing. Here Frankelope sat, with a straw in his mouth and his trunk lazily hanging into the cool water making ripples. All he needed was a straw hat and a tractor.

The warmth of the Sun and breeze created a rather soporific effect upon Frankelope and soon he was drifting off to the land where the cross breeds roam free.

Whilst the Elepig was dozing, a boulder moved. If an inquisitive bird or curious passing rabbit had looked a bit more carefully, they would have noticed that it was not a boulder at all. It was actually the evil scientist hippo, Professor Q. Hippo.

Now for a few weeks now, this evil jungle Professor had been stalking Frankelope. It wasn’t easy for a hippopotamus the size of a large boulder but Professor Q. had been awarded a joint honours degree in evil science and stealth and skill, so he managed to keep out of sight.

As the Professor emerged out of the shadows, his evil appearance became clear. A member of “Bad Boys Inc.” his looks were vital to villainy. The monocle and bowler hat were compulsory but Q. thought the purple flower sticking out of the orange and green checked hat gave him a jaunty sense of dignity. Other people thought it gave him a sense of idiocy. A large, portly hippo in a monocle and flowered hat was not a sight often seen in Big Dark Wood Land.

Suddenly, the branch that Q. had stepped on snapped and Frankelope began to stir out of his sleep. The Professor licked his lips and advanced towards this poor, defenceless freak of nature.

Frankelope sat up and noticed his guest. “Oh, hello…”

“Hello young….man. I am lost and find these woods disturbing. You seem to be quite at home here, if it’s no trouble, could you help me out of my predicament?”

“No trouble at all” Frankelope smiled. “Where did you lose your way?”

“Well, it was up at that rather odd hut. Do you know to whom it belongs? It’s rather large”

“Why, that’s my house!” Frankelope exclaimed “I live there with my elephant father and pig mother”

Professor took a sharp intake of breath and proceeded to have a coughing fit, which lasted a good fifteen minutes.

“Are you quite all right?” asked the Elepig for the twenty sixth time, after giving the Professor a swill of spring water.

“Yes my dear boy, I’m more than all right. In fact I’m ecstatic! I run a help group for poor, misunderstood cross breeds and I am sure the other chaps would love to learn of you!”

“You mean…there are more like me?” Frankelope was stunned. His pink, piggy eyes grew round with amazement. A slow, sleepy grin spread over his grey face.

“Yes, yes!” cried the hippo.

We must remember that this Professor is evil and an evil liar too! Frankelope was of course, the only known cross breed on the planet. Q. had a plan in which to use Frankelope. It wasn’t a nice plan, in fact, it was pure evil!

What is Professor Q’s evil agenda? Will Frankelope be lured by the promise of some freaky friends? Or will he escape? Find out soon in part three of Franklope’s story!