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The Jungle's Secret It was a sunny day in the jungle, and Henry, the hippo, was bored. In the distance, he saw something strange - it was a metal detector. Henry thought that an explorer must have forgotten it searching for treasure! Henry picked it up and looked at it. It said there was treasure not far away, near a pond! Henry walked toward its location, but could not find it. Then, Henry saw the leaves shake off of a tree. A head poked out. It was a giraffe. "Uh.... hi?" Henry said, nervous to meet a new friend. "Hello, friend," said the giraffe, "I am Jeremy," he said. "I'm Henry. I'm looking for treasure," said Henry, "Would you like to join me?" " Oh boy, would I?" said Jeremy. So, the two traveled along to find the treasure. "I'm getting tired," said Jeremy," Can we take a break?" "Sure," said Henry. They sat down near some trees. Suddenly, something jumped on Henry's back! It was a monkey. Then, a zebra came running through the forest! "Hey, over here!" said the zebra. The monkey jumped on the zebra's back. "STOP!" yelled Henry. "What is going on? Why did that monkey attack me?" he asked. "Sorry if Marcus scared you," said the zebra."Marcus?" asked Jeremy. "Thats me," said the monkey. "And who might you be?" asked Henry. "I'm Zack," said the zebra. "Do you want to come on our treasure hunt with us?" asked Jeremy. "Oh yeah!" said Zack. "Oh oh, ah ah!" screeched Marcus. So, the four traveled on, then heard loud stomping. "No!" said a voice not far away. "Oh come on, don't be a baby," said another voice. Suddenly, a cheetah came walking next to an elephant. "No!" said the elephant. "Hi!"said Jeremy. "Jeremy!" said Henry. "What the heck do you want?" asked the cheetah. "Hi," said the elephant, nervously."Im Er.." "And I'm Chad!" interrupted the cheetah. "I'm Eric," said the elephant again."Do you want to come with us on our adventure?" asked Marcus. "I would, but I have better things to do," said Chad. Then, he disappeared with the blink of an eye into the forest. "How about you?" asked Zack. "Okay," said Eric."But only if you guys protect me from anything dangerous," and the five went on. Later, they reached a pond. And on the other side of it was the TREASURE! But in the water were crocodiles! "Hey!" said one of the crocodiles."You five lookin for treasure?" asked another. "Uh.... yes," answered Eric. "Well, you will have to go through us!" said the biggest one. "Keep em busy boys!" he said. The two smaller crocodiles charged toward them. The first one hit Zack! Zack rolled into a tree, unable to move. "Its payback time!" said Marcus. The monkey ran up Jeremy's neck, jumped, did a triple flip, and landed on the crocodile's back. That knocked him out. The next one was ready to fight. He was bigger than the first one. He charged at Eric! Luckily, Eric blocked him with his tusks! It was Henry's turn to fight! Henry bit the crocodile's tail, and would not let go. Then he would spin him up, and around. Up, and around. Finally, he let go and sent the crocodile flying into the air! Then, he landed with a hard THUD! He was knocked out. Eric was getting his confidence, and the other three were helping Zack up, so he could fight, too. Finally, the lead crocodile spoke. "I see you have defeated my pupils," he said in frustration. "But now you must defeat the ultimate enemy!" "Uh oh!" said Henry. The crocodile jumped down from his rock. Zack pressed two of his hooves on the crocodile's back. He swung his tail angrily at Zack, but Marcus grabbed his tail, and would not let go. Henry, Jeremy, and Eric joined Zack. The crocodile used all of his strength, and broke away with all of his might! Then, Jeremy charged at the crocodile, hit him with his neck, and sent him flying into the air! It didn't have good aim, so Eric caught him with his tusks. Eric spun him around, and around, until he went high into the air! And this time, he crashed head first into a large tree! He was K-N-O-C-K-E-D out! The treasure was theirs! They split the treasure, and went home. The next day, a person came searching the forest. He wore a safari jacket and a safari hat and carried a pair of bonoculars. When he saw Henry with the metal detector, he said, "Why hello, little hippo. I see you found my metal detector. May I have it?" he asked. Henry nodded. Then, as the explorer walked away, Henry thought. It was good to see others have their belongings returned to them! THE END