Hello! It’s us. Part 2 – The Curse of the Killer Elephant

“Where’s the elephant gone?”

“I sent it back to the agency. It was making a terrible mess.”

“Oh, right. We should clean that up.”

(Editor: You’re in the jungle)

“Nice of you to mention it! Well, at least we don’t have to clean up the elephant poo – just avoid stepping in it.”

“I’m not dressed for the jungle.”

Just then a monstrous rogue elephant burst through the trees and trampled them both to death.

“Hold on. You can’t kill us off. You won’t have any characters left. What are you going to do for dialog? The elephant is not very eloquent.”

“Nice alliteration, Beardy.”

(Editor: I thought it might make a strong opening. I’ll try again.)

Just then, a monstrous rogue elephant burst through the trees and chased them through the jungle.

I wonder whose point of view we’re seeing this from, Beardy thought as he ran along.

She could see by the look on his face that Beardy was trying to become the focal point of the story. No way!

They ran out of the trees and stumbled over the edge of a cliff, just managing to hang on by the tips of their fingers. Below, they could see a multitude of coyote shaped craters, but strangely – no dead coyote.

The elephant towered above them. He sniffed the air, and then reached down with his trunk and pulled them both up onto his back.

“I see what’s going on here. He’s one of those characters that undergoes a profound change.”

“But why?”

“Probably he was captured by a poacher, but then set free by the poachers girl-friend who happened to wear the same perfume as you.”

“You should try writing some of this stuff down.”

“No-one would read it.”