Aug. 13, 2025

Ep.343 – Things Come in Threes - Backwoods Monster Chase

Ep.343 – Things Come in Threes - Backwoods Monster Chase

Three look-alike cousins. One runaway pup. And the Backwoods of Strickfield after dark… what could go wrong? When Daisy May’s dog bolts into the trees, Mouse (Maddy), Eileen, and Daisy May give chase—and stumble into something hungry lurking in the brush. Engines roar, claws scrape, and a battered pickup becomes their only lifeline as the creature closes in. The girls race to escape the Backwoods before the monster makes them disappear. A fast, fun creature feature set in the Strickfield universe—equal parts scary, funny, and full-throttle adventure.

Things Come in Threes by Rob Fields

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Three cousins, one runaway dog, and the backwoods that doesn't forgive.

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After dark, when the howls start and the trees begin

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to move, they learn the thing out there hunts in

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threes and it's already chosen them.

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What's that You want to be scared? Come with me.

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He will experience tales over our roam, ghosts and death.

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It is not recommended for the week at our heart listeners,

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in the dark, it's more fun at that way way.

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for tonight, they say the woods keep their secrets in

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sets of three, three warnings, three chances to run, and

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three who don't make it home. Tonight, three cousins chase

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a missing pup into the dark and find something that

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isn't lost at all. It's hunting, So get comfortable because

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the story begins right after this. Things Come in Threes

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by Rob Fields. Ariel Miron comes into the mousehole and

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sees me playing Donkey Kong on the full sized Arcade cabinet.

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What's up, I ask her after finishing a tough level.

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You should see the look on her face when she's

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pointing out the door. Tell me that picture out here

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is a joke. Mouse. When Ariel and me go out

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in the hallway, she points to the picture. You're saying,

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there are actually three of you. I know there's you

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and your cousin, Aileen, but you've seriously got another twin cousin.

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I smirk, Yeah, kind of funny, huh. Anyway, I was

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wondering when you'd finally see this picture. It's always been

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hanging here. In the picture, a Leen's in the middle.

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I'm on her left. Then I point to our other

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cousin on the right. This is Daisy May. Ariel's given

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me that look. Now she's either gonna say she hates me,

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like she's always doing, or just look at me kind

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of funny. Actually she's looking at me funny and I

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hate you Mouse, I shrug. You're gonna meet Daisy May eventually,

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for Ariel. Eventually is sooner than we think. Guess I

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forgot about our families getting together every once in a while.

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This time, though, Ariel's gonna be included since She's part

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of our Fai family. Now we're in the suv as

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Dad's driving us to the edge of the village. Daisy

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May and her family just moved to the farm we're

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pulling into now. They used to live in Pendleton. Daisy

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May's messaged ininy in Me a few weeks ago saying

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her family was moving to Strickfield to take over this farm.

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Uncle Straight and Aunt Rose have been farming for years.

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They move from one corporate farm to another. Daisy May

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never said what sort of stuff they grew. I'm guessing

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they just grow their crops and sell them soon. As

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Ariel's seeing Daisy May sitting on the front porch of

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the big house here, she still ain't believing it. When

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we get out, Ariel mutters to herself, there really are

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three mice. That's when my arm gets buck. You'd better

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watch it with calling us mice. Ariel, yep, Ariel forgot.

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We stopped and picked up Iine. I keep telling Ariel

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she's got to watch it with her mice references. It's

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one thing calling me mouse, But Aineel get fuman fast now.

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Ariel's shrieking when Daisy May's suddenly right in front of her,

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who you calling a mouse? Huh? Now, Ariel's got wide

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eyes seeing all three of us in front of her. Yep,

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we all look the same. You'd think we'd all got

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the same mom and dad. We got the same faces,

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same bodies, same long dark hair, same mousey voices, and

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the same velma dinkly looking glasses. Only way to tell

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all of us apart is our eyes. I got blue,

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Iiny's got brown, and Daisy May's are green. Daisy May

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definitely dresses like she's on the farm too, light bib overalls,

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red t shirt, blue kerchief hanging off her neck, and sneakers.

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She's even wearing her hair in pigtails. I can't believe

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there are really three of you, Ariel groans. Daisy May

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points right at her. Ah, don't you forget it. Ariel's

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learning our country cousins a real spitfire. Mom's right there

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to help Ariel, easy, Daisy May. Ariel's still getting used

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to being part of our family now, I'm okay, Mom, really.

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Ariel's getting used to calling my parents her parents now,

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since they took legal guardianship of her from Adrian Miran

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last month. Uncle Strait and Aunt Rose are greeting us

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and inviting us in. Now they even welcome Ariel with

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open arms. Ariel's sticking close to me when Daisy May's

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messing with her and giving her mean looks. After dinner,

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me and Ariel step outside. It's kinda warm for late February. You, okay, Ariel?

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I ask three of you? Ariel asks again, still not

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believe in it? I shrug. I don't know what to

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tell you. She's shaking her head. But how mouse you

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all have three different sets of parents? How can you

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all be triplets? DNA works in mysterious ways. I simply say,

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mister Dolphy says that in science class all the time.

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But three of you, Ariel repeats again. I smirk A

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little better, get used to it, since you're part of

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the family. Now, she gives me a look saying she knows.

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Then Aine comes out. I hear you both talking. She

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looks at Ariel. Just be glad you don't have an

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older brother people call mean Martin. Is he worse than

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having my former mom? Ariel asks, personally, I'd rather have

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your mom than my brother. Ainie tells her, I'm sure

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she's the lesser of two evils. Ariel's shaking her head quickly.

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Oh no, trust me, Aileen. You've never met Adrian Miron

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and you don't ever want to. Suddenly, Daisy May's slamming

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the screen door open when she's coming out. Now she's

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right in front of Ariel. What's the matter, Ariel, you

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yella to her? Come on, Daisy May. Ariel's okay, she

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just ain't used to how things are with us. Daisy

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May points right at Ariel. You've been given me them

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funny looks all through dinner. Y'all got a problem with

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there being three of us cousins. I see the glint

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in Ariel's eye and wonder if she's gonna use her

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light powers. She doesn't, though. I'm sorry, okay, I don't

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mean anything by it, But Daisy May just ain't listening.

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Keep calling cousin Maddie, here a mouse, and I'm gonna

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show you a mouse. I put my hand on her shoulder.

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Daisy May, It's okay, I don't mind. Really. Then Aini

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comes to my side. Maddie has a sign on her

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bedroom door that says welcome to the mousehole. Now Daisy

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May's given me a weird look. What are you loco.

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As the three of us are arguing, Ariel's probably thinking

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we're just three little mice squeaking away. Turns out Daisy

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May's got a little doggie named Old McDonald. Guess the

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screen door didn't close all the way when it slammed back,

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cause the little guy squeezed through and came outside. He

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yaps and wags his tail happily before he turns and

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runs right off the porch. Hey, Daisy May calls out,

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you get on back here right now, Old McDonald. Oh,

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you're gonna be in a whole heap of trouble. Now

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we're all off the porch, chasing Old McDonald across the

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big front yard. That little doggie's got a lot of

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pep because ain't none of us catching him. Finally, Daisy

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May's just grabbing him when he slips away from her.

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Next thing, we know, he's running right across the road

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and heading right into the backwoods of Strickfield.

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Ah, Man, don't go away, weekly, Spooky will be right back.

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I go pard. Believe me, this little mouse he's heard

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plenty of stories about that place. Not to mention what

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my next door neighbor and Buddy Carter crossing me seeing

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on the Strickfield University website. Now the four of us

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are looking at each other. None of us really want

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to go in the backwoods, but we know we can't

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just leave old McDonald in there. You think he'll come

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back on his own. Ariel asks, not believe in what

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she's saying, doubt it. Daisy May grumbles, We gotta go

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in them woods and get him. Darned dog. I was

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afraid you'd say that, then, Ainy size, Okay, I guess

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we're doing this. When we start heading to the backwoods,

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Daisy May turns and stops Ariel. Uh huh. You gotta

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go back in the house and keep the adults off

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our backs. But Ariel starts protesting. Ain't no time to argue.

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Daisy May persists. So it's the three of us cousins

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going into the backwoods of Strickfield to try and rescue

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old McDonald. What's worse is it's getting dark. It's also

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gonna be one more time. Ariel's gonna miss seeing this

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little mouseie getting scared. Talk about creepy. I think I'd

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rather take my chances in the Carnivosh estate. I mutter.

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I was going to say, grim mannor. Heine says, ah,

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you two are just playing yellow Daisy May, have you

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ever been back in here before? Iiny demands, how bad

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can it be? Daisy May argues, they's just woods. Now

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it's Iiny's turned to groan. You've got a lot to

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learn about Strickfield country. Cousin, Daisy May points at Aine y'all,

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trying to say you believe in ghosts or something. Ainie

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and Me both look at her now at the same time,

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Daisy May's looking at us uneasy, And you too are

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supposed to be in my gene pool, she mutters, then

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looks past us and sings, old McDonald, where are you

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your darn mutt? Then Daisy May's running away fast Stop

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Daisy May, Iine calls out. Ah, man, I mutter, I'd

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heard mom and day talk about how Daisy May could

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get into trouble. Now Ainy and me can see why

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the two of us are chasing Daisy May. Now problem

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is this little mouse. He ain't fast on two legs.

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I still ain't forgot about going back to nineteen fifty

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five and having that crazy butler chasing me around at

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the Carnivosh estate. At least Irony can run. Of course,

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she's training with Bella Tabon, so she's in great shape.

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Sure wish I had my mongoose. This way, Maddie, Iiny

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calls back, follow me. I'm trying to keep up with

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Iiny as best I can. It ain't long before we

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come to a clearing and find Daisy May. Where are

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you at, Old McDonald? She calls out here, Doggy, doggy, doggy,

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I got you some nice snacky snacks. Sure enough, Daisy

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May's holding out something in her hand. You in a

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whole heap of trouble when I find you, you mut

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she mutters. Suddenly, something snatches the treat right out of

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Daisy May's hand. If Ariel would have been here, she'd

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have finally seen me get scared. All three of us

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are screaming when we see the thing. Oh lord eh,

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Daisy May shrieks. Welcome to the backwoods of Strickfield, Daisy May,

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Iiny squeaks. Run. Now the three of us are running

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for all we're worth. We can hear that thing chasing

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after us. Best way I can describe it as something

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that looks like a huge mutant version of Old mc donald.

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Aw Man, I'm sure hoping he didn't drink none of

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the water. Back here, I'm trying to dig into my

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jean jacket and pull out my Compact to call Mary Worth.

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The problem is that mutant mongrel ain't given me the

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time to receive it. That compacts really stuck good in

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the pocket too. Sure feels like a great big cat

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chasing after three little mousies. Suddenly I'm crying out when

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I feel that things front paws hitting me in the

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back and taking me down. Now I'm flat on my

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back with that thing looking right down at me and panting.

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I smile and wave at it a little umu hi um. Sorry,

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I ain't got no doggy yum yums. Then I remember

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and pull it out of my front jacket pocket. You

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want a candy bar? I shriek when the thing lashes

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out with its tongue and wraps it around the bar.

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Next thing I know, it eats the whole thing wrapper

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and all aw man, I groan, Hey, Daisy May's yelling,

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y'all get off of my cousin. You hear me, go on,

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get now. The thing growls like a real mad doggie.

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Then it gets off of me and chases after Daisy May.

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Aine's suddenly there to help me up. You okay, Maddie,

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she asks, Ah, why do we gotta live in strickfield?

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Iine laughs a little, Yeah, you're okay. Come on, we

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have to help Daisy May. Who's gonna help us? I ask?

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Ainy and me run after Daisy May. Several minutes later

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we come to another clearing and find that thing clawing

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at the door to a cabin. Daisy May's probably inside

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behind that door, Iine whispers in my ear. That pickup

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looks like it runs. See if you can get in

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and start it.

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You're not safe yet, weekly spooky will be right back.

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I nod quickly and move quietly toward the old beater.

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Like the little mousey, I am seeing the windows open.

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I climb up and wiggle my way inside. I get

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behind the steering wheel and see the keys are in

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the ignition. Okay, Mouseie, let's hope this hunk of junk

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starts up. I grip my teeth and turn the key.

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Of course, the motor's got a crank and crank? How

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old is this beater? Anyway? Then that mutant doggie turns

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my way. Ah, come on, will you, I mutter, please start?

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Just as the thing's almost on. The truck finally fires up.

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I quickly shift gears and drive away. It's a stick shift,

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but I know how to drive one of these. Now.

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Then I can see Irony's jumping in the back. We

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have to get to the cabin and get Daisy May.

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Iiny calls in the driver's side window, working on it.

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I tell her drive faster. That thing's almost on us.

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Iiny shrieks and turn on your headlights. I gulp and

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do what Iini says. Fortunately, I remember where we came

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from and follow the dirt road. When that thing's about

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to jump at the truck, I slam on the brakes

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and quickly turn the wheel. When I'm getting out of

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the turn, I start flooring it again. In the mirrors,

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I can see the thing rolling off the road and

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into the trees. Iine's slamming her palm on the top

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above me. Double back, Maddie. I drive the pickup and

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manage to get back to that clearing where that cabin was.

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I'm honking the horn now, which kind of sounds like

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bull Hitzigger when he's passing gas in class. Hey, that rhymes.

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Just then the front door opens up. Daisy May quickly

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hauls her keister and is in back with Iiny, get

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us out of here, Maddie, Iiny calls out, wait just

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a darn minute here. You ain't the one driving, Iiny.

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I hear Daisy May ask, Yeah, that's Maddie in there,

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Iini tells her full transparency. I never learned how to drive. Now,

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I hear Daisy May, you're just a kid, Maddie. How

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can y'all be driving? You'd be surprised at what this

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little mouse he can do, country cousin, I call back,

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Drive faster, Maddie, Iiny's yelling. I can see Daisy May

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pointing at the mutant mongrel in the rear view mirror.

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If and that's you, old McDonald, you gonna be in

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so much trouble now, you just sit sit. Suddenly, I'm

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jamming on the brakes now, I feel my cousin's thudding

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against the back. What do you think you're doing, Maddie,

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Daisy May's yelling, duck Daisy May, Iini cries out. My

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eyes go wide when I see that thing flying right

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over the truck. Then Daisy May's at my window, glaring

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at me. I raise my hand and point ahead. I

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didn't want to run Old McDonald over. Daisy May sees

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the little guy sitting and panting in front of the headlights.

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Old McDonald, you get your itty bitty butt over here,

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Daisy May scolds, right now when we're all here in

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that monster again. Old McDonald gets all scared and runs

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right to Daisy. When she gets hold of him, she

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gets back in the bed of the truck with Iini.

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Iine slam in her palm on the top of the

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cab again. Get us out of here, Maddie. You ain't

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gotta tell me again, I call back. Problem is I

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can't drive the way we came in since that thing's

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right there blocking our way. I gotta take another road.

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I'm just hoping I can get us out of here.

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Then I'm remembering I've got mirrors in the truck. Mary Worth,

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Mary Worth, Mary, I don't get to finish. I see

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this bright light coming down in between the back of

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the truck and that thing that monster. Doggie quickly turns

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tail and runs ten to one. I know who that is, Ariel,

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I call out. Then she appears where I can see her.

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She's using her Queen Arcadia powers and flying on her

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light discs. The parentals are freaking out and trying to

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figure out where you three mice are. I'll bet I

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tell her follow me mouse, she says, right behind you, Ariel.

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I call back. Ariel's flying on her light discs and

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leading us out of the backwoods of Strickfield. I'd be

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lying if I said I wasn't a teensy bit jealous

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of Ariel. But I'm glad she's here when we need her.

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If you're wondering how that's even possible, well, welcome to Strickfield.

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I drive the truck until we're finally out of the

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frying pan, so to speak. But are we gonna be

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heading into the fire when we gotta face our parents.

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I'll be okay. But as for Daisy May and me,

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when we finally reach the road, I stop the truck.

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Don't need mom and dad seeing me driving this thing.

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We all get out and run to Daisy May's long

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story short, nobody got in trouble. Ariel told a little

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white lie and said she found us playing with old

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McDonald behind the barn. Daisy May's got questions on how

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Ariel's got powers, but she quickly gets Old McDonald back

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on his leash where he ain't running away. Thanks, Ariel,

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I tell her, no problem, mice. She cracks. Daisy May's

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ready to yell at Ariel again, but she raises a

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glowing finger. I'll set your dog loose again. But our

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country cousin ain't backing down. Y'all just try it. When

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Ainy and me are given, Daisy May are stars. She

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finally backs down. Like I said, her being all feisty

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gets her into trouble just the same. She's family. Only

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thing is whether or not Daisy May is gonna get

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in trouble again down the road. Know in Daisy May,

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it's a given. And that is why you don't follow

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strange sounds into the backwoods of Strickfield after dark, because

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some things don't just hide in the trees. They wait.

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Big thank you to our Strickfield Maestro Rob Fields for

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tonight's story. And I want to remind you kind Spooky

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we'd like, well send it over and we just might

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fault coming along even as I'm sweating in this recording, booth.

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Before you know it, Spooky Season and Halloween will come

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to get back to work because thirty one shows in

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Thank you for listening me.

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Make sure to find your way back next week week,

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but for now you are safe, trust me.