The Arks: Over Heaven

Chapter 3: Intermission

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“I guess so. We don’t know if they could be dangerous to eat or not, it’s too risky to know for sure. For now let’s just have them as an emergency food supply. Only in a dire situation where we’re absolutely starving.”

“But then what else would we eat?” Samuel wondered as he tossed the rock he had plucked up and down.

“I’m not sure, maybe we could hunt the animals here,” Neddy answered, eyeing the dodo bird hungrily. The bird squawked at him with disapproval.

“We’re not eating the bird,” Samuel sneered.

“We have to do it for the greater good!” Neddy shouted.

“He’s my friend, man, you wouldn’t get it!” Samuel screamed.The dodo squawked at him angrily.

“Sorry, she is.”

Samuel was unsure if he should tell Neddy about this bird’s dog-like behavior, and how the dodo made him feel safe and welcomed, but now didn’t seem to be the time.

“You’re a crazy bastard,” Neddy scoffed.

“You’re the one runnin’ around with nothing but your underwear.”

“The gown was gettin’ itchy!”

“Okay okay, how about this,” Samuel reasoned, “We can eat anything but my bird, okay?”

“Fine. Anything but your bird.”

The argument was gone, the tensions had died down. Both boys had come to an agreement about their food predicament. For now, Samuel was taking his time looking around the place at the other creatures that he just noticed also inhabited the island. Alongside the dodo birds were small lizard creature things that looked similar to dogs but had smaller and more derpy heads. Samuel noticed that they dug their heads in the small bushes, and once they took them out they ate small, purple berries that looked like grapes.

“Those weird things are eating the purple berries,” Samuel observed.