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The Grove Next to the Orchard
"General pummelo! General pummelo! I bring an urgent report from the Orange grove frontlines." A young Luetinent Langerine yelled.
"Out with it luetinent!" GENERAL PUMMELO yelled.
"Sir the navel orange vanguard has been vanquished by the gallant gala brigade." Lt. Tangerine said with much sadness letting out freshly squeezed juice.
"Impossible! How did the attack commence?" Pummelo asked.
"Sir the commander of the gala apples sent in a fruit fly bombardment. We didn't stand a chance. They found our wounded first sir and they dug into their wounds and decayed them from the inside out." Tangerine let out its sour tears. General pummelo had no choice but to embrace his Lt. peel to peel.
"Lt. we must save our juice and mourn for the dead once we win this war." General Pummelo exclaimed.
"Yes! Sir!" The Lt. Said saluting the General.
"What troubles me is the cooperation of the flies. Those flies were larvae only 39 days ago they must be close to death. We need the Caterpillars!" General Pummelo said hitting the desk with his peel.
"The Caterpillars sir? They would never ally with us." The Lt. said.
"Oh! They will for I know of a certain captain that has close ties with the leader of the Caterpillars." General Pummelo said turn to face the Lt. with a scary smirk on his peel.
"NO, sir you don't mean him. His methods are too cruel. Please sir reconsider." The Lt said with a begging tone.
"My decision is final and you will follow my orders Lt. BRING ME CAPTAIN RED GRAPEFRUIT!"
A few days had passed since the Lt. was given the order to find Captain Red Grapefruit. He asked around the grove until he finally received a decent tip that he had gone back to his mother tree. "Captain!" The Lt yelled out.
The captain turned to see who was calling out to him. When he recognized the Lt he turned back around. "I don't want anything to do with your war. That isn't me anymore, leave me alone."
The Lt approached the Captain. "I'm here under orders of General Pummelo. We need your specific brand of cruel sourness. The orchard completely demolished the Naval Orange grove."
That made the captain curious and furious. "How?"
"It seems they made a pact with the fruit flies, they-" the Lt was cut short.
"Flies those despicable creatures. It would seem that Pummelo knew I wouldn't be able to say no." The captain said with a willy grin.
The Lt looked on with a...