Tale of TreeO: Chapter 1

If they get home too close to Shabbos, Mommy’s never going to let them wander the woods again on a Friday afternoon

It’s huge, built like a predator — strong and vicious. Nellie is pretty sure that it’s got teeth sharp and mighty enough to bite off her arm in one chomp. It runs faster than any human, and it’s bound to catch up to Eli and her if they don’t speed up.

At least, that’s what Nellie had gotten from her two-second glimpse of movement in the woods. “It’s a hyena!” she pants to Eli. “I can hear it laughing!”

Her twin brother gives her a skeptical look. “Hyenas are from Africa.  At worst, you saw a coyote. Or a deer.”