Under The Hedge !

Debbi and Carol were both standing on tip toe but were still unable to see over the hedge. Debbi jumped but also to no avail. "Here, get on my shoulders" offered Carol, bending to put her head between Debbi's legs. "I'm not going to make a habit of this" she said. Debbi giggled. Carol groaned as she strained to lift Debbi. "I don't believe it !" squealed Debbi excitedly. "What ? What is it ?" gasped Carol.

"I can see the camp site."

"Is it far ?"

"Not far at all really. Those kids were telling the truth about that at least." Carol stooped and let Debbi back down to the ground. "Ooh, my back" she moaned. "I'm not that heavy" Debbi pouted. "Heavy enough" answered Carol. "But we've still got to get over this hedge." Their initial euphoria over spotting the camp site soon evaporated. "I can give you a leg up ? You could jump ?" suggested Carol. "But we don't know how big the drop is on the other side and anyway, then you'd still be stuck on this side." Debbi pointed out the flaw in that plan. "The branch of that tree overhangs the other side" said Debbi. This time it was Carol who demurred. "No way I'm jumping down from that."

They began walking along the perimeter searching for a gap. Suddenly, Debbi ran forward to a small stream. "Look" she cried. "This goes under the hedge. We can swim through !"

"But we'll get filthy" Carol objected. Debbi turned with her hands on her hips and glared at her companion. "Duh ! And you don't think we're filthy already ? How much worse can it get ?"

"Well, you go first then" replied Carol. Debbi stepped into the stream. "It's freezing" she complained. "Well, what did you expect , it's not a bloody spa ?" They continued to bicker.

The stream proved to be too shallow to swim in, so Debbi reluctantly got down on her hands and knees and began to crawl determinedly through the water. Carol watched Debbi's ass disappear under the hedge. She waited anxiously. "Debbi?" she called. "Deb ?" She began to worry but then heard a voice, a little further away than she would have expected. "I'm through. Come on, it's easy !"

Five minutes later, Carol emerged spluttering into daylight. "I thought you said it was easy ?" Carol had waded through cold, wet darkness for what seemed like forever. "Well, I wasn't going to tell you it was bloody awful was I ?" Debbi explained. They were both wet, cold and even muddier, if that were possible. "And we didn't have any alternative" Debbi continued, glad that they were at long last on the path leading to the camp site. Carol looked around. She suddenly exploded. "No alternative ?" she screamed angrily, pointing a little further along the path to a simple gate leading through the hedge !