delicious Pop Corn.” He laughed hysterically at the irony behind his joke as his crows threw the pieces of coal under the grill of the old furnace. “We’ll wait until our visitors join us. That way I won’t have to waste precious coal on one stale old cornswab.” Pop swallowed as King Crow climbed back to his swing and waited for Marty and Edward to bring their unexpected guesses; and the night was just getting started.
Corny and his friends climbed a rope up to the second floor of the barn still far away from reaching the attic where King Crow resided. They stop by an old stack of hay and take a break, they had come a long way and grew up so much in very little time; they wasn’t the kids they once were. “What if we are too late…?” asked Carmen “We aren’t too late.” Said Corny. “Pop will come out of this barn with us. We will all come out of the barn together, and we will bring an end to the crows once and for all.” Corny continued with his head held high. “We won’t run or hide anymore. This time we fight. If we took down a turkey we can take down a crow.” “What about two crows?” Said Baka nervously “You know what I mean.” Said Corny. “No! Seriously, two Crows.” He pointed. Marty and Edward rushed at them knocking their weapons far from their reach and landing before them. “King Crow would like you to join us.” “Why should we do that?” “Because if you don’t, Pop won’t make it pass tonight.” Said Marty. Corny and the other looked at each other and with no other option Corny climbed on top of the crows and flew out the window towards the attic. Carmen Ricky and Baka stayed behind as part of Corny’s request. Marty and Edward didn’t argue and agree that Marty would stay to keep an eye on the while Corny and Edward flew away. Edward left Corny close King Crow’s swing and took off. Corny saw Pop inside the oven. “Pop!” Corny Yelled running towards the oven “Stop right there little Cornswab.” Said King Crow. Corny came to a complete stop and turned around to face the direction the strange voice came from. “Here I am thinking there were no fresh vegetables out there in the fields, and it turns out that I was wrong.” “There are more of us out there than there is of you! Let my grandfather go and we won’t be force to take you down.” King Crow laughed at Corny’s threat. “Do you really think I would believe that? You and your little friends can’t defeat me.” He climbed down his swing towards Corny, immediately walking around him in circles sniffing his body. Corny took a deep breath and stood there brave and strong looking King Crow in the eye. “You have a lot courage little Cornswab, it’s a shame you have to die.” “Corny! Run!” Pop screamed at the top of his lungs, Corny opened his eyes wide as he ran away from King Crow grasps. Angry King Crow flew up and let out a horrible chirp calling out to his murder. Corny ran towards the oven without looking back, pulling desperately on the door handle trying to get his grandfather out of the oven. He could hear wings flapping as he tried to pull the door open. Time slowed down as Corny looked behind him and saw a swarm of crows entering the barn through every accessible aperture they could find. Ready to lose all hope he grabbed his grandfathers’ hand tightly “I’m sorry Pop, I’m sorry we left the village. I’m sorry we left the cornfields. I’m sorry we’re going to end this way.” “I love you Corny, and nothing makes me happier than knowing you went down fighting rather than cowering in the cornfields like I did for so many years.” They hugged each other through the bars as the crows came and surrounded them. “Tonight we feast my brother’s and sister’s. After so many years of waiting, they have finally come to us. Search no further for a delicious treat, for we will feast on what made this farm the greatest asset of our raid years ago. I give you Corn swabs!” King Crow gave an inspiring speech to his followers as they ignited the coal placed under the furnace. “As a special treat we won’t pick through tasteless corn, but savior the flavor of the salty nectar of popcorn!” His followers chirps in happiness; licking their beaks to the though of their supper. It had bee years since the crows had enjoyed a meal like such and their wait had finally come to an end. “No matter what happens, Corny, know that I am not mad at you for sneaking out of the fields. I’m proud. I’m proud that you did what I didn’t have the courage to do.” Pop said as he was being taken out of the oven. “Pop please don’t say that, we will be okay!” Corny cried. “It’s time!” They opened the furnace and pulled Pop in front of it. “Six Years ago, this Cornswab gave me this scar, and it’s time I gave him a scar of his own. But not a scar like he gave me, that would be too generous of me, I will give him a scar that will end him and feed us!” King Crow said proudly as he pushed Pop inside the furnace. “Pop! Noooo!!!” Corny screamed desperately as King Crow closed the oven shut. They could hear his screaming over the popping sound. Corny fell to his knees facing the floor as they grabbed him and brought him close to the oven. The popping grew lauder as Corny looked inside through the glass. All of a sudden they hear a loud bang on the hatchet leading into the attic. The celebration stopped, the chirping turned into silence as they all stared at the hatchet breaking open. The turkey came in blasting through the murder knocking them out of the way, stopping in front of the furnace. Baka, Carmen and Ricky jumped off the turkey and rushed towards Corny “Don’t let them regroup big guy” said Ricky “Gobble, gobble!” answered the turkey. The crows rampaged out of the attic leaving King Crow without a murder to command Corny angrily took Baka’s sword and rammed into King Crow. King Crow tried to take off but Corny lashed himself into him and grabbed on tightly, piercing his sword through King Crow’s left wing making his flight unstable. The come plummeting toward the attics floor and get up swiftly. King Crow used his sharp claws against Corny, while he used his sword to defend himself against them. Baka, Carmen and Ricky tried to open the furnace to try and safe Pop before it was too late, but they struggled to get it open. King Crow tacked Corny against the wall and approached him slowly “Do you think you can defeat me? I am King Crow, the ruler of this farm, the taker of crops! You are just a little cornswab playing pretend.” “I might just be a little conrnswab, but size doesn’t matter in war. What matters is numbers and your murder left you for dead.” Angry King Crow swung his claws at Corny ripping off his armor. “Do you have any last words?” Corny said nothing, he got up and looked straight at King Crow’s eyes as he pulled his claw back one more time closing his eyes “Get him!” Corny hears someone yell, when he opened his eyes he sees Lauren and a handful of grains of rice mounting King Crow and making him slam into the floor. King Crow tried to make a run for it and flew out the window, but was instantly brought down by the rice grains. “Lauren, I thought you didn’t want a part in this.” “After you guys left the village, I realized that will is more important than strength. You inspired me, so I gathered as many rice grains as I could and set out to help you. We would have made it here earlier, but being small doesn’t really help with distance.” She laughed “You came just in time.” Corny looked up to the furnace and saw that the door was finally opened and ran towards it as fast as he could. Baka, Carmen and Ricky stood by the door with sadness in their eyes as Corny approached the furnace. “I’m sorry Corny.” Said Carmen with her head down. Ricky and Baka stood there in silence as Corny entered the furnace looking in thought the pieces of popcorn uncontrollably for Pop; but there wasn’t a sign of him. Corny Kneeled down crying. Ricky came inside the furnace and padded Corny on the shoulder and sitting beside him. “I can’t begin to tell you how sorry I am. None of this would have happened if I wouldn’t have left the village. I wish it would have been me instead.” A tear ran down Ricky’s face as Corny wrapped his arms around him and hugged him. “Pop wasn’t mad at us. He was proud that we were brave enough to leave the fields. You can’t assume all the blame for what happened, because we were part of it too.” Corny and Ricky sat in silence as Carmen and Baka joined them. “Let’s go guys, we don’t have anything else to do here.” Said Corny in a low tone. As they walked out of the furnace they heard a noise inside and stopped. Corny looked back and saw something moving along the pieces of popcorn left behind, he walked back inside and took one last look and as he was ready to walk ou
t he heard coughing. “Grandpa!?” He said as a piece of popcorn ruse up from the other and turned to face him. A beam of sunlight came in through the window shinning right at the furnace. “You said we were going to leave the barn together. I didn’t want to let you down.” Corny ran to hug his grandfather tightly “ouch, ouch, don’t hug me too tight, I’m twice as fragile now.” Pop said with a smirk. Ricky, Carmen and Baka rushed in side the furnace to join Corny and Pop in a group hug. “Let’s go home.” Said Pop. As they walked out of the barn they saw the other vegetables walk out of the cornfields. The sun raised up high that morning as the crows have finally been vanished from the barn and the vegetables could once again set foot into the farm and live happily for ever.
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