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‘Where am I?’ Casper muttered, as he looked through the forest, ‘is this virtual reality?’ he jumped out of the time bin, and walked through the forest… and came face to face with a bear.
Casper cried out, stumbling back in shock. He felt it’s breath on his cheeks, and knew this wasn’t virtual reality. This. Was. Real. The bear was huge! It was a dark brown colour, and had shaggy brown fur. As he looked up at the bear, he noticed a boy and a girl were sitting on the bear.
The boy was tall, with green eyes, and a blonde fringe. He was also wearing a page’s uniform. his sister was similar, but was wearing a dress instead of a page’s uniform.
‘What are you doing in lord Ambergur’s forest?’ he said, in a loud British accent, ‘you’ll be executed for trespass.’
‘Lord hamburger?’ Casper asked, amused.
‘No!’ said the boisterous boy, ‘he’s name is pronounced like this. Am, Bur, Gur. You get that?’
‘But that sounds a lot like hamburger to me,’ Casper said.
‘It does,’ the boy agreed, ‘but what is this hamburger thingy? Is it some kind of exotic creature?
‘It’s,’ Casper said, before realizing that he couldn’t explain it to him without telling him that he was from the future. He decided to tell him.
‘The hamburger isn’t a creature, it’s a food, and I’m from the future,’ he said. The boy stared at him for a second, then started to speak.
‘Whether you’re from the future or somewhere else, I want to be your friend. I’m Brandon, and my sister here,’ he pointed at the girl, who smiled shyly, ‘is Narcisa.’ Casper smiled awkwardly.
‘My names Casper,’ he said. Then, he realized they were looking at him expectantly.
‘What?’ Casper asked.
‘Well, what are you waiting for,’ Brandon said impatiently, ‘get on Zadie!’ Casper looked around for a second, before realizing that Zadie was the bear. He clambered on with some difficulty, and flopped down between Narcisa and Brandon. Then, they set off.
It was comfortable, riding on a bear. The movement was very rocking, and Casper was about to go to sleep, when a question popped in his head.
‘Why are you riding a bear, not a horse?’ he asked, ‘I thought bears were extinct here.’
‘They are,’ Narcisa agreed, patting Zadie’s back, ‘but she’s a pet.’
‘Like a dancing bear?’ Casper asked, looking around at the trees.
‘NO!!!!’ both Narcisa and Brandon yelled at the same time, startling Casper so much that he nearly fell off Zadie, ‘our mum stopped dad from killing baby Zadie, and tamed her as a cub.’
‘Oh,’ said Casper, wondering whether there was a whole sleuth of bears in the forest that Wikipedia didn’t know about.
Casper cried out, stumbling back in shock. He felt it’s breath on his cheeks, and knew this wasn’t virtual reality. This. Was. Real. The bear was huge! It was a dark brown colour, and had shaggy brown fur. As he looked up at the bear, he noticed a boy and a girl were sitting on the bear.
The boy was tall, with green eyes, and a blonde fringe. He was also wearing a page’s uniform. his sister was similar, but was wearing a dress instead of a page’s uniform.
‘What are you doing in lord Ambergur’s forest?’ he said, in a loud British accent, ‘you’ll be executed for trespass.’
‘Lord hamburger?’ Casper asked, amused.
‘No!’ said the boisterous boy, ‘he’s name is pronounced like this. Am, Bur, Gur. You get that?’
‘But that sounds a lot like hamburger to me,’ Casper said.
‘It does,’ the boy agreed, ‘but what is this hamburger thingy? Is it some kind of exotic creature?
‘It’s,’ Casper said, before realizing that he couldn’t explain it to him without telling him that he was from the future. He decided to tell him.
‘The hamburger isn’t a creature, it’s a food, and I’m from the future,’ he said. The boy stared at him for a second, then started to speak.
‘Whether you’re from the future or somewhere else, I want to be your friend. I’m Brandon, and my sister here,’ he pointed at the girl, who smiled shyly, ‘is Narcisa.’ Casper smiled awkwardly.
‘My names Casper,’ he said. Then, he realized they were looking at him expectantly.
‘What?’ Casper asked.
‘Well, what are you waiting for,’ Brandon said impatiently, ‘get on Zadie!’ Casper looked around for a second, before realizing that Zadie was the bear. He clambered on with some difficulty, and flopped down between Narcisa and Brandon. Then, they set off.
It was comfortable, riding on a bear. The movement was very rocking, and Casper was about to go to sleep, when a question popped in his head.
‘Why are you riding a bear, not a horse?’ he asked, ‘I thought bears were extinct here.’
‘They are,’ Narcisa agreed, patting Zadie’s back, ‘but she’s a pet.’
‘Like a dancing bear?’ Casper asked, looking around at the trees.
‘NO!!!!’ both Narcisa and Brandon yelled at the same time, startling Casper so much that he nearly fell off Zadie, ‘our mum stopped dad from killing baby Zadie, and tamed her as a cub.’
‘Oh,’ said Casper, wondering whether there was a whole sleuth of bears in the forest that Wikipedia didn’t know about.