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the clerk how the bells would
protect them. The elf clerk said that the bells would only protect
them from the Grizzle Nicren, but had no effect on the Grazzle. In
order to get protection from the Grazzle they needed a special
colored ribbon that was available next to the counter. The girls
were about to buy two tinkle bells and two ribbons when the clerk
said, “You know that the tinkle bell and the ribbon cancel each
other out so a person could only carry one item in order for it to
work.” Lori decided to get the ribbon and Jennie bought the tinkle
bell.
    Lori asked the clerk how they would know if
there were any Nicren around as they moved through the woods.
    The clerk said, “You can tell by their fresh
droppings”
    The girls asked if there was a way to tell
the difference between Grazzle droppings and Grizzle droppings.
    “Sure,” said the clerk. “Grazzle droppings
have tinker bells in them and the Grizzle droppings have a special
color ribbon in them.”
    The girls thanked the clerk, packed up their
things and started the long walk through the valley woods.
    The tall trees blocked a lot of sunlight
reaching the forest floor so the woods took on a gloomy appearance.
It was not long before the girls started seeing the remains of
other animals that had fallen prey to the Nicren. As the sun set,
the girls drew closer together as they tried to be as quiet as a
mouse traveling through the darkening forest.
    Soon they started seeing Nicren droppings.
Some droppings had tinker bells and some with ribbons. As they
walked on there were more and more of the droppings.
    Suddenly, the girls heard the bushes moving,
but there was no wind. It was too dark now to see far so the girls
just hugged each other and remained silent. Soon the bushes were
moving on all sides of them.
    In the shadowy darkness the creatures moved
in a circle around the frightened girls. They did not think they
were going to survive the ordeal, so the only thing they could do
was huddle together and hope that the tinkle bell and ribbon would
somehow protect them.
    (Now the Grizzles and the Grazzles were foul
looking creatures. They stood 12 feet tall covered in very wiry,
dirty hair with huge feet. The most remarkable feature about them
was that they only had one eye. The Grazzle’s eye was in the front
of their head and the Grizzle’s eye was located in the back of
their head. They moved in pairs with a Grazzle walking in the front
and a Grizzle walking behind the Grazzle. They never saw eye to eye
and always seemed to argue.)
    A howling growl broke the temporary silence.
One part of the circle of creatures opened and through the dark
mist there appeared a two headed monster larger than the others
with hair that hung down to the ground. This beast had long blood
stained claws and globs of goo rolling out from one corner of its
fanged mouth.
    The other creatures seemed to bow at the
presence of this horrific beast. It walked up halfway between the
other monsters and the girls. It looked at the girls with fiery red
eyes for a full minute then suddenly spoke in a very rough voice,
“What are you?”
    The girls, in shock, responded, “Human”
    “Pleased to eat you,” the monster said. “What
are you doing here?”
    “Just passing through your woods to get
home.” Jennie said.
    “Where is home?” The creature asked.
    “We come from another dimension, a place
called earth.” Lori responded.
    “I see you have two heads and four eyes and
do not have a lot of meat on you. Are there more of your type?”
(Apparently, since the girls were huttled together, they appeared
as one.) The girls thought for a minute then an idea popped into
their heads, they whispered in each others ears. They had a
plan.
    While the girls were planning their next
move, the creatures in the circle started to argue about how they
were going to eat this trespasser into their woods. They had never
encountered a creature that could repel both a Grizzle and a
Grazzle.
    All of a