Buster makes a friend
He sprang backwards and landed in the pond again. The ants floated away.
“ Thank goodness they have gone,” he said. But the ducks were furious and sarted quacking and flapping their wings again.
“ Quick, let’ s get out of here,” said Patrick.
The ducks were furious...
Soon they came to another compound, which was very quiet. All they could hear was an owl hooting some distance away. They crept along the fence until they found a small gate that was not locked properly.
Buster gave the gate a push and it opened. They went inside. As soon as he let go, the gate swung closed with a click and locked itself. They were trapped.
They’ d not gone very far when they heard a big yawn and saw a pair of green eyes blinking in the dark.
“ Gosh! What’ s that?” whispered Buster.
“ I don’ t know,” replied Patrick,“ I’ ve not been to this part of the park before.”
Then they heard a growl and two more eyes appeared. Suddenly the moon came out. Oh no, not far away were two tigers lying on a large platform.
Buster and Patrick crept away very quietly as the tigers hadn’ t noticed them. Suddenly, Buster stepped on a small branch. It snapped with a loud crack. The two tigers jumped up, saw Buster and started to chase him. Now, Buster was fast but the tigers were
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