Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Back at their own hole, the chickens were now deep in discussion. "I vote that we order them to stop their dig," announced Sugar. "We don't know what else is buried under here, and we can't risk anybody else damaging things we haven't found yet! What if there is an entire unicorn village under our feet??"

"We can't stop their dig," said Dirt. "It's their yard too." "But they restricted an area—you can't just go ahead and restrict an area. Chickens need to roam!" "We restricted this area," Dirt pointed out. "That's different! We found a prehistoric unicorn village!!" said Sweetie.

"We actually don't know what we've found... yet," said Dirt. "You know what?? Let them dig," said Sugar. "They're using teaspoons! At that rate, they'll still be knee-deep come Christmas. Back to the hole!" SWISH. SWISH. SWISH. SWISH.

"I found something!" Sweetie screeched. "I found something!" "What is it?" asked Dirt. "It's long," said Sweetie. The squad moved in closer. "OOOH, and it's sharp!" marveled Sweetie. The squad moved in closer. "And it's so shiny!" added Sweetie. "That's a claw!" shrieked Poppy. "That's impossible!" remarked Sweetie. "Why?" asked Poppy. "Because unicorns don't have claws!" said Sweetie. "Let's put it on the grid," said Dirt.

"Interesting," remarked Dirt. "I found something too!" said Sugar. "What is it?" the squad said at the same time. "It's round and it's green," announced Sugar. "It's... another eye!" announced Sweetie. Dirt plotted it on the grid. "I don't think that's a unicorn," said Poppy. "What is it?" asked Sweetie. "Allow me," said Sugar, taking the pencil from above Dirt's ear.

"It's a T. rex!" declared Poppy. "With a unicorn's eyeball in its stomach!" "The dinosaurs ate all the unicorns??" asked Sweetie, all the yellow draining from her face. "Mystery solved, kid," announced Sugar, looking a bit queasy herself. Poppy and Sweetie waited for Dirt to respond.