Is it a trap?

You're suspicious of the sign. Remembering that the island is home to dangerous plant life, you're afraid that the sign is a trick to get unsuspicious people to make themselves easy prey. Nicky is thinking the same thing.

The two of you tread as carefully as you can towards some coconuts you see lying on the ground underneath a tree. But as you're still feeling the effects of the Gigglefruit, neither of you can tread very lightly. As you put your foot down to finish a step, a hole opens in the ground. You hop quickly to one side.

Nicky remembers something as the same thing happens to him. "Now I remember - hahahaha - the ground is very fragile - hohoho - around certain treheehees! We should've taken off our shoehoohoos!"

But it's too late to go back. You creep carefully closer to the coconuts and then it hits you. You're overcome by a sudden Gigglefruit wave. Any second now, you're gonna have to throw yourself onto the ground and laugh like a maniac. Maybe if you make a giant leap you can reach the treeHEEHEEHEE...

The bark of laughter from beside you makes you turn your head to see that Nicky has already sunk to the ground. You let out a burst of giggles of your own and fall next to him. The two of you thrash about in hysterics for a minute or two when you feel your legs sinking below the ground as though they were being pulled. You and Nicky both sink deeper until you seem to stick in the ground.

Neither of you can move from waist to knee; you both feel embedded. But you don't appear to be standing on anything. You can both move your legs a little below the knee. You try raising yourselves on your arms, but are totally immobile. Another wave of laughter passes over you both.

Nicky recovers just before you do. He asks, "Uh, dude... does it feel like something's taking your shoes off?"

You notice it too. "You're right!" you reply. Then you notice the coconuts beginning to transform. When they finish, they disappear into a hole. Noises approach the pair of you from below. Both of you realize what's happening and cry out:

"BRUSH MOLES!!!"

Written by stephan

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