Llama Drama by Rose Impey Read Free Book Online

it’s the last thing we do!”
    Ginger’s strong character and moving words settled the argument. Liberty agreed to take Ginger with her while the rest of the flock agreed to stay behind.
    â€œWhat about me?” said Nelson. “I can help. Take me as well.”
    Liberty refused, but Nelson at least persuaded her to open his gate.
    â€œThen, if the coyotes come back, I can look after Lewie’s sheep,” he promised.
    â€œThank you,” Liberty said as she unlocked Nelson’s gate, leaving it ajar. Then she and Ginger set off on their search for Lewie and the lambs.

    They hadn’t been gone long when Shona, Shelley, Shirley and the other sheep were surprised to see Nelson sneaking out of his open pen, looking pretty pleased with himself.
    â€œWhere-re a-a-are you go-o-oing?” the sheep bleated.
    â€œFreedom calls,” Nelson announced happily as he headed off into the darkness.
    â€œBut what about us-s-s-s?” cried his own flock.
    â€œOh, you’ll be fine,” Nelson called back cheerfully. “
Hasta la vista. Au revoir.
”

ound about the same time as Liberty and Ginger were setting out to find him, Lewie began to wake up. He was struggling to escape from a bad dream, where he was drowning in alfalfa. His head was spinning and when he tried to put weight on his right front leg, he collapsed to the floor.
    It was pitch-black and Lewie had no idea where he was. Llamas are used to being outside where even at night they can see the moon and the stars. But this was a total darkness Lewie had never experienced before.
    He was aware that he was covered with a thick warm blanket that moved every time
he
moved. Slowly, Lewie realised it was a living blanket made up of small, breathing bodies.
    Lewie’s little lambs had draped themselves over him to keep him warm while he slept. They were all so relieved when he finally began to stir.

    â€œLewie, are you awake?” whispered Bertie.
    â€œWhere am I?” Lewie asked sleepily.
    â€œWe don’t really know,” said Shoo.
    â€œBut we’ve been here a long time,” bleated Shep.
    â€œYou fell and banged your head,” Bertie told Lewie.
    â€œWe were worried about you,” added Shoo, sounding close to tears.
    â€œWe tried to keep you warm,” said Shah.
    â€œWa-a-arm,” echoed the other lambs, sounding a little teary too.
    Lewie desperately tried to remember how he had got here. He could recall setting off, following the trail, finding the warehouse, hearing the lambs’ frightened voices, then the door opening, him looking inside, nervously venturing into the darkness, being pushed roughly out of the way, then, finally … falling over.
    After that it was all a blank.
    â€œBut how did
you
get here?” he asked the lambs.
    Everyone was rather quiet; no one wanted to admit how silly they’d been.
    â€œIt was just too tempting,” Shoo admitted at last.
    â€œAll that lovely food,” said Bertie.
    â€œLo-o-ovely fo-o-od,” echoed the lambs, whose stomachs were now empty and growling.
    â€œFarmer Hardman’s men gave it to us,” said Shep.
    Bolt and Dolt!
It was exactly as Lewie had suspected.
    â€œBut then they locked us in here. Why did they do that, Lewie?” Bertie asked.
    Lewie sighed wearily. “To stop us winning the
Best Guard Llama
event,” he told them.
    The lambs were outraged.
    â€œThey can’t do that!” bleated Bertie.
    â€œWe’ll show them,” said Shep.
    â€œLet’s get going,” squeaked Shoo. “Come on!”
    â€œCo-o-ome o-o-on!” echoed the other lambs, ready to go.
    Lewie knew he should try to get up again, but he was feeling soooo sleepy. All he wanted was to snuggle down under his lovely warm blanket and sleep. But the lambs knew that now he’d finally woken up, going back to sleep was the worst thing Lewie could do. They had to keep him awake, but