"You're back!" Elsa exclaimed when I returned, getting to her feet in a hurry as I pushed aside the flap of the tent. Since she was not given to making exclamations of joy, I knew that she had been worried about me. Everyone had been, in fact. Euphie and Yvonne hurried to my side too, keen to hear how everything had gone.
"Yeah, I am. Look what I got!" I beamed, unfolding the T-shirt I had used to transport the locusts. The same T-shirt had been what I had used to catch the locusts, anyway, and I had killed each of them by slamming the cloth against the ground. It was just enough force to kill the insects without smearing them into goo, which would have been the case if I had used something like a rock to end their lives.
"AHHHH!" Euphie screamed, stumbling back and falling down in shock
