On the wall next to him was a large red button. There were no markings to signify what it did. Taking a chance, Zach pressed it. The door behind him slammed shut, and immediately he heard a familiar hiss. The water level inside the chamber began to rapidly decrease, being replaced with what Zach assumed was fresh air. Finally, there was not so much as a drop of liquid on the floor. The steady red light on the second door flickered, and then changed to a bright green. Zach hoped he was right in assuming that this meant it was OK to proceed. He tentatively pushed at the door, which readily swung open to reveal what Zach had seen previously from the outside.
It was a small field encased in glass, with a quaint picnic table and a lunch set for two. At the very center of this was a massive tree, with a wooden door embedded at the bottom of its trunk, which was beginning to open. Zach almost expected the Keebler elves to pop out and offer him a batch of their cookies; after what he had already seen, he would hardly have been surprised. But instead of short little pointy-eared bakers, a squirrel about his size emerged from the door. Wearing an astronaut suit.
Zach felt cold water douse his face. “Wha? What happened!?” he shouted to no one in particular. His eyes focused, and standing over him he could see the astronaut squirrel. He suddenly realized he was missing something. “My helmet!” he cried. The squirrel made a high-pitched chittering sound which Zach guessed was a laugh.
“Needn’t worry about that, pardner,” it said in a particularly feminine-sounding voice. “The air here is just as fresh as it is on the surface. And it’s a good thing, too,” it, or rather she, added, “cuz if it weren’t I’d be dead as a doornail!” She gave another chittering laugh.
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