“I will never trust you entirely again, Donna,” said the camel. “And there is no excuse, no explanation, nothing that could justify your actions, Bartholomew.”

 “You are only upset because you slept through the fun,” grumbled the donkey, looking somewhat guilty. “I didn’t do anything all that terrible.”

“You jeopardized the mission,” retorted the camel.

 “We left you the Cinnabar box so the mission was not jeopardized. And Bartholomew came to protect us,” said Donna. She had never seen Camellia so angry before and felt a little frightened. “Please don’t be mad, Camellia, please!”   

 “He should have woken me up – we work as a team. You had no right to go, Donna. Not without...

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