It had been a very scary night for Nina. She had got stuck in a computer game and the only way out was by winning it.
Nina said a prayer of thanks! She would not have made it out of the game if the squirrel had not told her how to win. She wondered who the squirrel was and how it had known Nina’s problem.
Still thinking about it, Nina started changing into her nightdress. To her surprise, she found a note in her pocket. It read, ‘Please tell my parents that I love them and miss them! Love, Simon.’
“The squirrel was Simon!” Nina realized with a start. He was the boy who had mysteriously disappeared some months ago. “Oh no! He is stuck there! I have to save him!”
Nina thought about the problem and the only thing that came to her head was, ‘I will have to go inside the game again!’ She was a bit nervous.
Taking a deep breath, Nina pressed ‘Download’ again. This time she was ready for the giant snake-like bluish-black arm that pulled her inside.
This time, it was easier for Nina to swim through rivers filled with alligators, jump over lava-filled pits and climb the steep, rocky, mountains, swarming with wild animals and poisonous snakes. She had already done it once, so she knew how to do it again.
It was easy now.
The important part was to find the squirrel. But like the last time, just before her battle with the monster, the squirrel ran out and said the same thing. “The only way to kill him is by cutting off his nose. The knife is in his pocket,” it said. But this time, Nina was carrying a small cage with her. She quickly grabbed the squirrel and put it in the cage. Killing the monster was much easier too, this time.
Once outside the game, Nina put the small cage, which had the squirrel, on the floor and it immediately turned into Simon.
“Thank you for saving me! How did you do it?” asked Simon, amazed.
“I took the cage with me to catch you, as I knew you would run away! I also remembered to take a knife with me to cut off the monster’s nose,” said Nina smiling.
Thinking cleverly, Nina had been able to save Simon and kill the monster twice. Now, there was no way that anyone could ever ‘Download’ the game and get stuck in it!
