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“I’m happy to
help in any way I can”. “Oh, and I believe that Emily went that
way….” her words stopping abruptly. Miss Perivale froze when she
realized what she had just said.
    Emily’s dad spun round quickly, only to see
his dear wife punch Miss Perivale in the face!
    “You saw her go, you evil woman, and did
nothing? Get out of my sight before I do something that you might
regret!” She turned to her husband. “Bring ‘Little Em’ home” she
said pleadingly.
    “I will” he said “I promise”.
    Miss Perivale disappeared quickly into her
room. “Curse them all, and that little brat!” She quickly packed
all her belongings into her case, threw her coat over her arm and
ran off up the driveway, stumbling in her high heels as she
went.
     
    Emily’s dad strode on through the jungle.
“Emily, Emily” he cried, as loud as his voice would go. He followed
the path that had been well-worn by many unseen creatures and after
many hours he came to the river. He didn’t know why, but something
told him inside that he had to cross the river. He felt that
‘Little Em’ was alive and nearby, albeit on the other side of the
river.
    He didn’t think he just jumped straight in,
He was now in the icy water. The current grabbed him so he had to
swim as hard as he could to reach the other side. Rocks bumped and
scraped against him, but he didn’t feel them, for his only thought
was to reach ‘Little Em’, who was out alone in the wilderness.
    Finally, he reached the other side of the
river. He dragged himself out of the water and lay on the bank
exhausted. When he had got his breath back, he forced himself to
get up.
    “Emily, Little Em, Little Em!” he shouted,
continuing on into the jungle.
     
    ‘Little Em’ was having a lovely dream. She
was in bed all snug and warm and it was morning. She could hear her
daddy calling her, “Little Em” he called. She thought to herself
that breakfast must be ready. She continued to lay there, warm,
comfortable and safe, yet still she could hear her daddy calling
her. She wondered sleepily if in fact it was a dream, or maybe her
daddy had found her for real. She thought again, no it must be a
dream, a nice lovely dream.
    However, the next moment she could feel
somebody’s face just above hers. She woke with a start and saw
looking down at her was her daddy’s face!
    “Now don’t move ‘Little Em’, it will be okay”
he said. For all he could see was his beautiful daughter curled up
in a giant web with some kind of monstrous spider on top of
her!
    “Just keep still baby” he said, as he raised
the stick and smashed it into Goliath with such a force that the
poor spider flew across the jungle floor and landed upside down in
a heap.
    Emily still half asleep and a little bit
stunned, felt herself being lifted up by her daddy, who immediately
started to run. “You’re safe now ‘Little Em’, daddy’s got you”.
    Emily started screaming. “Daddy, stop, no,
please. I have to show you something”.
    But her dad just kept on running, faster and
faster. Emily was frantic now. She couldn’t leave Goliath, Bird and
Bes alone. She looked into her daddy’s eyes and calmly said “Daddy,
please stop”.
    Shocked by what his daughter had said, he
immediately stopped running. He looked at his daughter with an
intent curiosity. “What is it darling”? he said.
    “Daddy, they are my friends” Em said as she
wriggled to the floor. “Please daddy, follow me, I have a lot to
tell you”. And she led her dad back to the place where he had found
her in the web hammock.
    Once there she spotted Bird and Bes, who were
sat next to a motionless Goliath.
    “I,I think he’s dead” said Bird sadly. “He
took quite a hit!”
    Emily’s dad fell to the floor. “Emily, what
is all this” he asked, bewildered and confused.
    “Oh daddy, that is Goliath. He is my friend”.
She started to cry now. With all they had been through, all the
fear and adventure. It was just all too