Queenie Grace Is Afraid

I am afraid! This man Gus smells like danger.

I lift my trunk and I whack Charlie, hard on the back. I hit him so hard and fast, and something falls from his hand.

The man Gus raises his fist at me.

That’s when Henry Jack leaps forward like a wildcat. He leaps on Mike’s back and makes him fall to the ground.

“Get off me!” Mike yells.

I lift one foot, raise my hoof, and I hold the man Gus tight to the ground. I push just hard enough to keep him down, but not to hurt him. I pin that bad man to the ground and I don’t budge.