Samuel had scraped his wing on the side of the rocky gully! blood dripped down his wing. As the blood hit the ground, a figure sprang from the ground. It was a.....

...strange winged creature that stood on two legs and had a tail that whipped back and forth. It had long shaggy red hair and its eyes were open in surprise at seeing a dragon. It tried bandaging Samuel's wing. Then it held out a large cheesecake and Samuel was surprised to hear it say, "Are you hungry? Do you want a piece?"

"With that flood coming? Are you crazy?" Samuel exclaimed. "Oh that, don't worry there's a hidden drop in between there and here, watch." Sure enough the water went just out of view and didn't return. "He's right!" Jenine cried she had flown higher and could now see the canyon as well as the dam that broke beyond.

Samuel ate the cheesecake and his wing was suddenly healed! when he looked up, the winged creature was gone, but in it's place was a weapon. the weapon was a.....

...giant rubber chicken! Samuel heard a voice from above call out, "I hope you can use that; I can't carry it around anymore." He looked up to see the winged creature, now hovering high above. "I've got to go home and get my family; they'll want to see dragons." With that the creature flew away.

Samuel took the rubber chicken, wondering what he would ever use it for.
he spread his wings to fly and realised something terrible: Jenine and Aaron where gone!

Now he was completely alone, and it was cold and raining. He circled higher and higher, but there was no sign of them, in the land or the sky.

In his sadness and misery, he grew angry and flung the rubber chicken at the ground. Instantly, fire sprang up and a loud voice called from the fire," How dare you set me ablaze!"

WOOT WOOT! STORYTELLING IS BACK!

Samuel was filled with terror at the sight of the rubber chicken blazing into flame. He was not sure what would happen to him now, he thought maybe the rubber chicken might just shoot fire at him and kill him! what a terrible thought! But right then..............

.......Jenine swept in and landed between Samuel and the rubber chicken. "Where have you been?" Samuel asked. "Where have you been?" Jenine replied. But just then, the blazing rubber chicken spoke again: "First you set me ablaze, and now you ignore me?"

"Would you just shut up!" Samuel said, then looking back at Jenine he said; "Please, do continue".

"Thank You," she replied.
"Oh come on!" the flaming chicken cried.
"Where's Aaron?" asked Samuel. Jenine gasped for she had just realized the boy was gone.

"Forget about the Boy!" said the Ruber chicken now getting hotter and hotter with rage! "Stop ignoring me!"

"Forget about the Aaron?" asked Samuel in surprise, "Why you no good CHICKEN!"

At that moment Samuel heard rustling sounds behind him. He turned to see the same winged creature he'd seen earlier; this time it was accompanied by two similar beings, both apparently female. He guessed this was his family.

Suddenly Samuel was drenched as they sprayed water all over the area, trying to extinguish the burning chicken.

"Now, who's Aaron?" the smallest creature asked.

"Umm... Aaron is our human friend who is missing - but he was just here. He can't have gone far."

"And why did you set the Chicken of Doom aflame?"

"Well, I merely threw it on the ground and it caught fire by itself."

"Well, if we don't get the Chicken to calm down soon, it will explode into a huge fireball!"