Continued ... But they were people who always had a trick up their sleeve . Both of them had taken out their army knives and had started to frenziedly saw away at their ropes . It took a long time as the ropes were pinning their hands to their bodies very , very , very tightly .
They finally cut their way through - and just in the nick of time , too , as the flames were already licking their ankles ! They then started to scramble up the poles , hoping against hope that the poles wouldn ‟ t fall over . They soon reached the top , and both of them made a frantic leap towards the trees !
Kevin and Mike , who had both safely reached the shelter of a very large tree , now began to swing from tree to tree . Soon , the shouts of the cavemen died out and they found themselves at the edge of the clearing . They leapt down and ran to the safety of their force field - but not before collecting a huge amount of fruits to feast on .
The sun had risen by then and the brothers spent the next two hours greedily gobbling up the mangoes , apples and tangerines that they had collected . They finished half of their delicious meal and then decided to have a small catnap to refresh themselves .
By the time they woke up , it was noon but the sun was nowhere to be seen . Huge storm clouds were covering the whole sky , blocking any light from the sun . In a few moments , it had started to rain cats and dogs and huge bolts of lightning streaked across the dull , grey sky . But the two brothers were lying comfortably inside the warmth and dryness of their shield .
“ Do you think this force field can hold up against that lightning ?” asked Mike worriedly .
“ Don ‟ t worry . This shield can fend off any attack , be it lightning or laser cannons ,” reassured Kevin . And sure enough , when the next bolt of lightning came shooting down the sky , smashing against the force field , it just got absorbed into the field . The same thing happened a few more times- but as it happened for the sixth or seventh time , the shield gave away !
“ The shield ! It must have short-circuited ! Get into the time
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