Chapter 16 – A Slight Spriggan Problem
“Blast those stupid nags!”
The Spriggan clan leader was stood in centre of stable block nineteen and he was in a furious rage. His face was bulging, purple and ready to explode. He had just found four empty stalls where he was expecting to find four special horses. He was not happy.
“Spread out and find ‘em you scabby wart monsters! They can’t ‘av gone far or we’d ‘av seen ‘em…”
The large group of Spriggans spread out slowly from the stable block. Small, ugly figures scuttled from shadow to shadow, being careful to keep away from the large hooves of nervous racehorses that might squish them. It was not looking good for them, when suddenly –
“Look! Over there!! There’s five ‘orses out in that field. Looks like they’re runnin’ away.” A chubby Spriggan pointed a sausage-like, warty finger towards the group in the distance.
Hundreds of ugly Spriggan heads turned to look in the direction he was pointing and saw what they had been searching for.
“AFTER ‘EM!!!” The Spriggan leader screeched.
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