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Oh no, Peter thought. Am I too late? 

Peter looked up, and saw Ava the butterfly flapping her wings. 

“What took you so long, Peter?” Ava curiously asked. 

“I.. uh, wandered off… Anyways, how’s the situation right now?” Peter stammered. 

“Not looking good. Looks like the hunters are ready to take the cages to the truck and head off.” Ava replied. 

“What?” Peter shouted. “All the animals are already inside the cages? No, this cant be. Ava, I’m really sorry, but could you please freeze some more time? I have a plan up my sleeve. I’m going to lockpick all of the locks on the cages, and set the animals free. Then, I will confront the hunters, and finally, I will save the day by keeping all of the animals safe.” 

“Uhh, yea.. That is definitely not possible” Ava truthfully said. “I can only freeze enough time for you to lockpick one animal. You know, I do have my freezing power limitations per day.”

“Okay, fine. Just.. do it quickly, please, we don't have much time left” Peter pleaded/. 

Peter saw the butterfly smile again, and she flapped her wings so quickly that Peter could not even see the blurry image in front of him. The familiar sensation of time slowing down came to Peter’s mind. He sensed a headache coming, and everything around him was spinning like a tornado.

Whoosh! Peter immediately put the lockpicking kit in his pocket and grabbed the rope in his bag and lassled it to one of the spikes in on the gate. Then, using all of the energy he had left, he pulled himself up, higher and higher, until he was on the other side of the gate. 

You have no time to waste. Peter told himself. 

Once he was on the other side, Peter snatched the lockpicking kit out of his pocket and rushed over to the bird’s cage. He has decided to free the bird first, as it can fly around the hunters, confusing and distracting them, buying Peter more time to save the others. Peter observed the bird. Its’ wings were in midair, as if it were flapping before the time froze. The bird’s mouth was also wide open, signaling that it was probably shouting and chirping. 

Dont worry, thought Peter, I will save you, I will save all of you. 

He took out his lockpicking tools and started picking the lock. 

After a while, Peter heard a click. It worked! The lockpicking worked! Just in time, because time started to resume to normal. 

In an instant, all the hunters started moving again. Peter panicked, but told himself to stick to the plan. He turned his head and stared at the bird. The bird jumped, and chirped,”Gosh, Peter, what are you doing here?”

“I'm here to save you and your friends,” Peter said while opening the cage. The bird gasped in joy, seeing that he would be free. “Now, I have only had time to lockpick your cage. So now, I want you to fly above the hunters head, and distract them while I help the wolf, cat and duck. Okay?” 

“No problem, Peter, thanks for helping us out” chirped the bird. Then, the bird flew off into the sky, catching all of the hunters’ attention. 

“Hey, that's the bird, isn't it?” shouted one of the hunters. 

Peter smiled. He quickly looked up at the sky, only to see the bird wink at him. Pter smiled, hoping that his plan would work. 

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