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// Chapter 2-Snails' Wild Power Mower Ride  
// Story: The Outrageous, Comical Adventures of Snips and Snails 
// by TeddyCK 
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	"Alright," Said Snips as he viewed the entire messy property of Mr. Lead-Miner's. "We only have until evening to get this whole place cleaned up. So if we start getting to work right now, we'll be done in no time." 
"Let's hope so." said Snails nervously. "Mr. Lead-Miner may not only revoke our pay, but could also do something drastic to us." 
"Be quiet, Snails." snapped Snips. "Now, let's get to work! We'll start off with the front and back lawns. I'll get rid of these lost toys on the front while you get the lawn mower and mow the backyard. When you're done, you can mow the front by then." 
"Sounds alright with me." said Snails as he headed for the gardening shed to look for the lawn mower. 
Just as Snips was about to start pulling the lost toys out of the brambles there became another problem as he heard Snails calling his name from the gardening shed. 
"What's the problem now, Snails?" asked Snips. 
Snails pointed to an object of a machinery which was the lawn mower. It was a regular modern kind, the type that had a power motor in it which you push around. 
"I don't see what's wrong, Snails." said Snips "Are you confused by the generations that Mr. Lead-Miner likes to keep up with since he's an elderly? Is it that you were expecting that he had a old-fashioned kind of lawn mower instead?" 
"Uh, no, Snips." said Snails "I just don't know how to start this kind of power mower. I was wondering if you knew how?" 
"Oh come on," Fussed Snips. "It's so simple, you just need to pull that cord on one of the sides of it and then it will do it's thing. And then when you're done, you pull it again." 
"Oh, right." said Snails 
Snips went right back to the front lawn while Snails took the lawn mower to the backyard. 
"Right, just pull the cord and it will go." said Snails 
Snails pulled the cord but pulled it too strong of a motion. The lawn mower started purring and growling noisily, and shot off dragging Snails along as his back hoofs got scraped along the ground! He was in such a state of panic that he couldn't think of what to do next. All he could think of was trying not to get hit by the trees by swerving around them and avoiding other kinds of pain. The good side of this was that he was able to get the backyard lawn done in no time but he had still forgotten how to stop so he swerved towards the front lawn to get reminded by Snips for help. 
Snips was still in the middle of clearing away the lost toys when he heard a loud buzzing sound approaching him. He turned around and found, heading straight right towards him was the power mower at maximum speed with Snails right behind it. 
"EEEYAHHH!" shrieked Snips as he started making a run for it. 
The power mower started gobbling up the front lawn and ran over the remainders of the lost toys that Snips didn't have time to clear. The power mower made a terrible noise as it chopped up the lost toys into pieces. 
"WOAH! How do you stop this thing again Snips?!" cried Snails. 
"Pull the cord, pull the cord!" yelled Snips. 
Snails tried reaching for the cord but before he could, he saw Snips jump over to the side, clear of the power mower's path. Snails looked at what was ahead and saw a tree in the way! He too quickly jumped clear. 
"I can't watch!" cried Snips and Snails as the out-of-control power mower crashed right into the tree with a horrendous noise. 
Snips and Snails uncovered their eyes and found that the power mower was now smashed to bits. 
There was a moment of silence until Snails spoke up: "What do we do now, Snips?" 
"Well, we're going to have to pick up all the broken pieces that we can find," Said Snips. "Throw them away in the trash, and hope that Mr. Lead-Miner doesn't notice that his power mower is missing until we're able to make the money to pay for the damage we made by doing chores for some other neighbors." 
Snips and Snails cleaned up the mess, took it to the garbage cans, and dumped the remains. 
"Now what about the lawn?" asked Snails. "It looks like I did too much with the power mower's rapid speed. Mr. Lead-Miner will know for sure something's up if he sees his lawn like this." 
"This is your mistake, Snails!" exclaimed Snips angrily. "You figure out how to fix this. I can't even get rid of those toys now since the broken pieces are spread everywhere. If I try now, it will take too long. At least you were able to get rid of all the weeds and brambles but still!" 
"There was some bags of fertilizer in the shed." said Snails "But I can't pour it all over the lawn by myself." 
"Alright, I'll help." moaned Snips. 
Snips and Snails gathered the bags of fertilizer from the shed and poured as much as they could on the front and back lawns. Once they were done, they put the bags back in the shed.