He could see the angry faces of his friends and became aware of the thing that he was late.
“You’re late,” said Ann fiercely
“It’s just ten minutes guys…er…actually I forgot about this. Yesterday my grandma came and was busy.” Said Joe with a little disappointment
“It’s ok Joe. Still we got half an hour. Come on.” Said Jack patting him on his shoulder
They directed towards the Tree-yard. The Tree-yard was the thinnest part of wood, with a pretty stream near by.
“It was you, who heard the sounds first, weren’t you Clarette?”Asked Jack
“Hm… I don’t know if it was me, but I’m sure it was me who told it first to Professor Sebastian.” Said Clarette a little confusion “and it was like…like a machine’s sound and was coming from over there” she pointed her fingers “from the fir tree at the very corner, near the bushes.”
There was the corner of the ground where the bushes grown tightly and heavily. The tree stood hide in the bushes up to their reach. It was perfectly normal to their eyes, as they searched every inch of it in their reach.
“Clarette, have you heard it again? I mean in any other days after you told it to Professor and how were it like? Continuous? Or repeating?” Asked Steve
“No I haven’t heard it again. Actually I mind to come again…and why are you, guys asking these questions to me? I don’t want to explore about this any way.” Said she, with a longing on her face to leave and turned round.
“But Clarette we do. We want to explore the secret; so that we can play here again. Don’t you want to?” Said Ann holding Clarette’s hand on hers
“Oh! Is that so…good luck to you and I don’t think I’ve to get my hands on this. And you got the information you want from me. Well you have enough people to handle it and you people don’t want me to join either. So can I go?” Said her slacking her hands from Ann’s
“Yea we got what we need…thanks. Well you can join if you want to.” Said Jack grinning at Joe and Steve. His face showed that, he disagree with Clarette joining with them.
“Definitely not, you mischief makers.” Said Clarette and walked away. All of them relived that she didn’t want a membership.
“What she meant that, the sounds were coming from the tree? She’s a night mare, didn’t she?” Said Curvin looking there, where Clarette just turned and made sure that, she’s really gone.
“There’s nothing to misunderstand. The answer was quite clear and I don’t think she’s making us fools. The sounds were coming from the tree and that seems a little baffling, doesn’t it?” Said Joe without taking his eyes of from the fir tree at the corner
“Yea it sounds strange. Come on guys let’s check it once again.” Said Ann approaching the tree
They again searched the tree. This time checked the tree piercing in to the bushes, but found nothing except small holes of size of coins. At this the bell rang and they hurried of to their classes.
“Ooops I forgot the homework.” Said Ann placing her hands on her cheeks
“What!” Shouted everybody as if they heard some one’s death news, and everybody turned to them with a collapsing face
“Yes guys. I’m sure I forgot it. I was tickled about our mission and worked out some ways to make it away more simply.”
“Listen to me guys; guess what she was doing yesterday? Swaying me to do the homework and made me swear not to copy any more.” Said Joe smiling widely “Now let me know Ann how are you going to do it.”
“Of course I’m going to copy it from you.” Said Ann making a turn ball throw at Joe
“What!” Once again they were blushed out with exaggeration
He handed over his book to Ann and began to pullout all the books out of his bag
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They nearly got ten minutes to finish off their lunch and marched of to the Tree-yard. As they drew nearer, heard some crushing and roaring sounds, it drew nearer and nearer as they stepped near the Tree-yard.
“What the bloody hell is going on. I just can’t bear it anymore.” Said Ann clapping her hands on her ears
“I think it’s coming from right there,” Said Jack pointing at the very tree Clarette showed them
“Let’s check out.”
They checked the tree. It looked quite normal to their eyes. They searched every inch of it in their reach, including the small holes they left unchecked last time. And then Steve found it. A tiny hole from which the sounds were coming, he stuffed his ears near it.
“But it’s not so large to hold something…..to emit this sound.” Said Joe stuffing his ear too
“Wait there’s a scratch inside it,” Said Ann reaching for her pockets, pulled out a long metal scale, and started to clean the hole.
“Why are you carrying that for” Asked Steve watching Ann cleaning the hole.
“None of your business, and now it got a use. So don’t ask me why I carry this.
A couple of minutes later the hole became wider and wider and the sounds were at its extreme. And inside the hole, there was a small rectangular box.
“I’ll open it,” Said Steve coming to the front.
“Be careful Steve”
Steve opened it and all of them stuffed their head to see, what was inside. To their surprise, it was a tiny pocket radio emitting the sounds
“What an idiot” Said Curvin turning round
“But how it came here? And why these sounds are here. I don’t understand.”Said Ann
“We don’t even know how it came here.” Said Joe looking round for a clue “guys come on, let’s check the whole forest.”
“Yes guys, come on, let’s check it.” Said Jack and made a ‘shh’ gesture so that they could hear small whispers around, if any.
The Tree-yard was the thinnest part of wood, with a pretty stream near by, and held only fir and apple trees. They walked in to the deep forest. Now the moss forming the mattress became thinner and thinner, the fir trees disappeared and wild looking trees got in to view.
“I’m scared guys. There may be some dangerous animals in the forest.” Said Curvin breathing hardly
“I don’t think so. There might not be any dangerous animals in our Tree-yard. That was why the head master let this as a play ground for us.” Said Joe, but his whisper doubled in the soundless atmosphere of the forest.
“But I don’t think, he’ll be happy with us wandering this forest.” Murmured Jack and his voice echoed in the forest.
As they reach deeper and deeper, they expected more trees, but it was like something very clean than the Tree-yard itself as if somebody had been cutting and cleaning it for weeks.
“Here we go. So this’s it. The secret of Tree-yard,” Said Joe
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