Saved By A Whisker
Adrian, Martin, Richard and Taj were nearer to the school gates now. Adrian and Richard’s chest were pounding with fear. Martin smiled was giving them the go ahead. He was leading confidently while others followed calmly. They looked like when a mother hen is leading her chicks towards a dangerous place full of corn seeds.
"Ah ha! What can I do for you?’’ asked a manly voice near the gate. It was the security guard’s voice. He had materialized from the cube-shaped little house that was built against the gate with the inscription on its walls: "SECURITY POST.’’
There was a fire extinguisher hanging firmly on the wall near where he was standing. The security guard was dressed in a faded blue khaki trousers and white shirt, tucked into each other and bounded at the w
