rebarton2's post reminded me that it has been too long since I posted an update here. I need to finish the current story so that I can tell of Samantha the Red's latest adventures as a Pirate! So...
The entire floor of the room was covered in boiling lava! Samantha knew that she’d be cooked in an instant if she set foot on the floor. Standing well away from the edge, she could see that dangling from a bizarrely shaped stalactite was a net containing a small but struggling form. A form that could only be…Pellet the Hamster!
“I’ll come get you, Pellet!” Samantha cried above the gurgling of the lava. She looked at the layout of the room and guessed that she could possibly crawl across the various rock outcroppings and make it to where the net was tied. But she would have to be very careful not to slip and fall or she would be burned to a crisp.
Taking a deep breath, she made her first leap onto a smaller rock close by. She gingerly extended a foot onto the next stone only to find it rather wobbly. With a cry of fear and elation she rested her weight on the wobbly rock only for a second before springing onto the next, much larger rock.
This big, almost sofa shaped, rock would take her most of the way to her destination. She moved carefully, balancing on the highest part of the stone to stay as far from the lava as possible. When she reached the end of this larger stone she carefully reached out to grab the rope that would lower the net and release Pellet. With a pull, the knot tying the net to the stalactite came free and the net began to fall…right toward the boiling lava!
