Hello my fellow Whyville citizens. Raise your hand if you hang out at the Grotto. Thanks now put your hand down. I've got a hard-hitting story about this Grotto place that may shock you.
I was at the Grotto. Just looking around and seeing what there is to see. I had been there countless times, just checking out who was there and all. Then, I saw something that almost made me shriek. It appeared that a green and purple snail was beside me. Was this a colorful paint that splattered over a helpless tail, or an acid snail? I was determined to find out, but for now, I needed to sleep.
I began to exit out of the page where I was at the Grotto, when the snail appeared to move. That's right, move. I burst into yelps when a page appeared from no where, and it looked like a scribbled note on a soggy piece of paper. It read:
Dear Fred,
I didn't think it would have to come to this. We were always close. If you get this before it happens, congrats, you might survive. But I heard that someone is going to drip acid everywhere into your pool, your shower water, and all your drinking water. If you get this before you touch any of your water access, then they will know. As soon as you get this, run. Run as far as you can, and stay in the shadows. If you get this after you are mutated, I hope you at least can read this. I wish you the best of luck, but you did get yourself into this. I am coming ASAP. Do not think that you don't deserve this; just think you can get out of this. It's a more powering thought. I hope to see you, even if I don't seem concerned.
I'm coming,
Elizabeth
Fred? Was that his name? I was confused. What does this have to do with anything?
Then I nearly killed myself for not seeing it. That odd snail WAS Fred. But why was it all wet? Maybe . . . I thought, maybe he was around liquid, so he knew what was happening, though he was already poisoned by acid. That must have been it.
After a long night sleep I got up to find a new page that opened itself. It read:
Resent events tell us that there is a new island to the west of California. But it seems to have acid over it. We recommend no one go in it until it is inspected.
ACID? That must be where Fred is! Wait, that's where Whyville is, And this article dates back to 1998, a year before Whyville opened, so Fred the SNAIL must have gotten here first!! I went back to the Grotto and tried to get a word out of Fred, and I actually got some! (Though I think the fact that I appeared a formal animal instead of a human calmed him down.)
Mokey6: Why are you here at the Grotto?
Fred: It has a lot of people, and since it has other acid creatures, I blend in.
Mokey6: Why are a lot of people important?
Fred: Because they keep me company. It's one thing I loath not having.
Mokey6: Where did you hang out before the Grotto?
Fred: See the cave at the back? I hid back there. Lots of other snails.
Mokey6: So why were you being poisoned by acid?
Fred: You shouldn't know about that! I am never speaking to one of y'all again, these questions are killing me!
But that was ok. I got enough out of him to find out a lot. Here is Fred:
Now Every time you go in the Grotto, even if he doesn't respond, talk to Fred. He will like that.
*snazzy sign-off goes here*,
Mokey6
