INVERTIVERSE
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"This place isn't a forest - it's a zoo!" David screamed, shaking her. "We're in an animal enclosure! This beaver meat is bait!" He pointed at the electric fence and the car on the other side.
Without thinking further, David spun around and sprinted several yards back. He quickly bent down and grabbed the knife.
The viscious panda braked after flinging a piece of beaver meat against the electrified fence. Yellow sparks flew in the night as horrified tourists screamed at their guide.
While the car sped off, the panda's eyes locked on David. The bear heaved a loud grunt, then galloped toward him.
Brent sealed the RocketLodge shut, then they all ran to the cabin window.
Outside, they could see the panda biting into the fake apple. The animal sucked on the plastic shell for a moment, then spat it out. Polystyrene foam remained on the panda's tongue as it retched and grunted, jerking its head from side to side.
"I guess pandas like apples," Brent said, frowning. "Real ones, anyway."
Carol exhaled as she turned to him. "Did that bear have a name in your universe, too? Or have pandas always been bloodthirsty, and I just never knew?"
Brent shook his head.
David couldn't help but grin. "Then I shall call it a 'bloodthirsty panda'!" He beamed as if he had just named a new moon of Saturn.
