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New website
Hello Goodreads,
How is everyone doing? Okay I haven't posted in a while.
But I have launched my website: www.mounthopeexplorersclub.com
On the site you will find short stories from Mount Hope. Whether its weird happenings or handling bullies (yeap you have bullies in Mauritius too!).
Take a look and send me your feedback Goodreads. It is safe to read at work guys.
How is everyone doing? Okay I haven't posted in a while.
But I have launched my website: www.mounthopeexplorersclub.com
On the site you will find short stories from Mount Hope. Whether its weird happenings or handling bullies (yeap you have bullies in Mauritius too!).
Take a look and send me your feedback Goodreads. It is safe to read at work guys.
Extract from Chapter 7-Smelly Fish: Aditya becomes a Ninja to get some bait…
At the top, Aditya looked around to make sure there was no one was around. Then he slipped down into the fish market’s backyard.
I need to be stealthy like a ninja.
Aditya crept along the wall of the building, staying in the shadows. He peeked around the corner and saw the huge wooden container in which the plastic garbage bins for leftover fish were kept. The smell made it impossible to miss. He did another quick check before sneaking towards the container. He propped the cover open and inside were the bins similar to what he had at home. He opened the one in front of him. The smell was overpowering. Aditya slowly put the lid back in its place and caught his breath.
I’ve got to do this. Bitey needs our help.
Holding his breath, Aditya opened the lid, and plunged in his bucket, filling it with fish bits, guts, blood, and oil. This is great chum. As he finished filling the second one he heard barking. That’s Om! But then he realised that the barking was coming closer. Oh man! It’s a real dog!
Aditya turned around to make his way to the wall and saw that the dog had stopped and was staring at him, growling softly.
“Hey, buddy,” he whispered. But the dog only growled back menacingly, baring its teeth as it walked towards him.
Placing the buckets slowly in front of the dog, he raised his hands. The dog looked at the bucket, sniffed it, and began to eat, ignoring Aditya, who breathed a sigh of relief.
Dogs like fish too!
He reached down to pick up the other bucket, but the dog growled.
“Okay you can have this one too,” he whispered. “Just don’t bite.”
Then he heard Om’s barking signal and a man’s grumpy voice.
“Who’s over there?” the man asked.
Om’s barking was louder than ever. Aditya backed away from the dog to the bins. He grabbed one of the plastic bins and pulled it out of its place. It’s not that heavy. He closed the wooden container and climbed on to it.
He could hear the chum swishing around in the bin as he heaved it onto the wall. Can’t be sick. He scrambled up after it. The light from the guard’s torch was already shining on the wall. Oh man! Security! I’ll have to go over this wall. On the other side was the sea. Aditya dropped the bin over the side praying it would not open and spill. It simply splashed into the water and floated. As he jumped, he saw the guard coming around the corner.
“Silly dog,” the guard said. “Barking at shadows again.”
Aditya was knee deep in water. He pushed the floating bin towards the car park. He saw his friends hiding and watching the entrance of the fish market.
“Hey guys!” he whispered. “Over here!”
Ételle and Om brought all the bikes to where he was.
“We thought you got busted!” Ételle said.
He handed the bin to Om and climbed the little sea wall that protected the car park from flooding and erosion. “Almost! I left the buckets and got a bin full of chum!”
“Let’s take a look,” Ételle said excitedly.
Before he had a chance to stop them, Om had opened the lid. The smell made both of them gag.
“Yeah, it’s really stinky!” he said with a grin.
“Perfect for Bitey,” Ételle said. “She’ll love it!”
“Let’s get it to the Red Devil.” Aditya grabbed his bike.
Aditya and Om held the bin between them as they pedalled to the quay. No one was in sight. They lifted the bin onto the boat, raised the sails and were soon on their way to Bitey.
I need to be stealthy like a ninja.
Aditya crept along the wall of the building, staying in the shadows. He peeked around the corner and saw the huge wooden container in which the plastic garbage bins for leftover fish were kept. The smell made it impossible to miss. He did another quick check before sneaking towards the container. He propped the cover open and inside were the bins similar to what he had at home. He opened the one in front of him. The smell was overpowering. Aditya slowly put the lid back in its place and caught his breath.
I’ve got to do this. Bitey needs our help.
Holding his breath, Aditya opened the lid, and plunged in his bucket, filling it with fish bits, guts, blood, and oil. This is great chum. As he finished filling the second one he heard barking. That’s Om! But then he realised that the barking was coming closer. Oh man! It’s a real dog!
Aditya turned around to make his way to the wall and saw that the dog had stopped and was staring at him, growling softly.
“Hey, buddy,” he whispered. But the dog only growled back menacingly, baring its teeth as it walked towards him.
Placing the buckets slowly in front of the dog, he raised his hands. The dog looked at the bucket, sniffed it, and began to eat, ignoring Aditya, who breathed a sigh of relief.
Dogs like fish too!
He reached down to pick up the other bucket, but the dog growled.
“Okay you can have this one too,” he whispered. “Just don’t bite.”
Then he heard Om’s barking signal and a man’s grumpy voice.
“Who’s over there?” the man asked.
Om’s barking was louder than ever. Aditya backed away from the dog to the bins. He grabbed one of the plastic bins and pulled it out of its place. It’s not that heavy. He closed the wooden container and climbed on to it.
He could hear the chum swishing around in the bin as he heaved it onto the wall. Can’t be sick. He scrambled up after it. The light from the guard’s torch was already shining on the wall. Oh man! Security! I’ll have to go over this wall. On the other side was the sea. Aditya dropped the bin over the side praying it would not open and spill. It simply splashed into the water and floated. As he jumped, he saw the guard coming around the corner.
“Silly dog,” the guard said. “Barking at shadows again.”
Aditya was knee deep in water. He pushed the floating bin towards the car park. He saw his friends hiding and watching the entrance of the fish market.
“Hey guys!” he whispered. “Over here!”
Ételle and Om brought all the bikes to where he was.
“We thought you got busted!” Ételle said.
He handed the bin to Om and climbed the little sea wall that protected the car park from flooding and erosion. “Almost! I left the buckets and got a bin full of chum!”
“Let’s take a look,” Ételle said excitedly.
Before he had a chance to stop them, Om had opened the lid. The smell made both of them gag.
“Yeah, it’s really stinky!” he said with a grin.
“Perfect for Bitey,” Ételle said. “She’ll love it!”
“Let’s get it to the Red Devil.” Aditya grabbed his bike.
Aditya and Om held the bin between them as they pedalled to the quay. No one was in sight. They lifted the bin onto the boat, raised the sails and were soon on their way to Bitey.
