The Artoprise Chronicles - Chapter 14

Author/illustrator: Chris Ray - adapted from an original manuscript

The bus was heading east, trying to surprise the rising sun, then headed south for a while. Â Passing the bus in the opposite direction was a pretty worn out looking patrol car. Â "Hey, isn't that the same Green Meany that chased us a while back?" asked Harth. Â Well, indeed it was and the doggedly determined trooper also noticed the bus as well. Â He had been chasing after this thing for weeks now. Â "Ahah!" he thought, as he tried bravely to put on a smile, "I gotcha now." and turned around to follow.

he spent weeks on the trail of the bus

Â Valshie slowed down at a truck stop and then parked next to an eighteen wheeler. Â She leaned out the window and called out to the driver next to her, "Hey buddy, we got a smokey looking for us around these parts, can we slip in between a couple of you guys when you all pull out of here?" Â She saw a burley arm pick up a cb unit and speak into the mouth piece. Â "We gotta dolly whose needin' to grease through and ol' smokey's out there cruisin' his green meany. Â Whaddya say fellas?" Â After receiving his response he turned and said "That's a ten four Squeekey, youse kin tuck in between me 'n Forsythe up ahead."