It had been three days since Windsor, Albert and BillO had been cloned. They were still riding around somewhere in the grounds of the library on Buttercup, their bicycle made for three. Caroline hadn't found them yet.
The stables was where the Goodies had ended up. "'Ere, I wonder where we are?" BillO mused out loud.
"Isn't it obvious?" Windsor remarked "We're in a stable of some sort."
"A stable eh? That would account for all these horses." Albert said
"Of course it would!" Windsor exclaimed
"Haven't you ever been in a stable before?"
"No." BillO and Albert replied simultaneously
"Well, you have been greatly deprived..." Windsor began
"Oh, shut up, Windsor." said BillO
"I will not."
"Knock it off you two, and come and look what I found." BillO and Windsor looked up and went over to Albert who had found the animal transmogrifier.
"What on earth is it?" Windsor asked
"It looks like a cardboard box to me!" BillO said
"Yes, it does look like a cardboard box, but I don't think it is. There's some sort of control panel attached to it." Albert said
"I wonder what it does?" Windsor mused
"There's only one way to find out!" BillO exclaimed, and began to fiddle with the buttons on the panel.
"BillO, I don't think that's such a good idea, I mean, you don't know what the thing could do..." Windsor warned
"Oh, stop worrying. What could happen?" BillO dismissed, as he pushed the enter key. The transmogrifier began to whir, and then it gave a 'Bing!'.
There was a second of absolute silence, until a deafening, primal scream filled the air, and a creature dashed out of the box. The Goodies watched on in horror. Albert finally spoke.
"Oh, no. What have we done?"
Caroline was in the kitchen of her pad, wondering out loud what she could have to eat.
“Hmmm. I could have a sandwich, but I can’t be bothered making one. Or, maybe a banana. I wonder if it’s ripe enough? ‘Cause I don’t want to open it and find out it’s sour and have to throw it out. That’d be a waste of a good banana. Do we have any apples?”
She was just about to open the fridge to look, when there was a loud knock on the door. She hurried to answer it, not wanting to wake Banjo and Matilda who had recently fallen asleep.
“Oh! Kayla hi... The Goodies! Where did you find them?”
“They were riding round in the stacks, looking for you.” Kayla answered as they were ushered in.
“Well, well, well. I was beginning to think that you guys weren’t going to turn up. Where’ve you been?”
“Oh, nowhere much.” Albert replied nonchalantly.
“Just exploring.” BillO added airily.
“We found a cardboard box with buttons and BillO pressed them and this, this thing came screeching out of it and ran away!” Windsor blurted out.
“What?!” Caroline and Kayla gasped simultaneously. “Where exactly was this cardboard box you found?” Caroline asked
“In the stables.” Windsor answered timidly.
Caroline and Kayla glanced at each other, each thinking the same thing. They found Mich’s animal transmogrifier. But what had they cloned?