The chicken squad chapter 8

Tail led the way with Dirt right behind him. When they got closer to the back of the house, he stopped cold.
“There it is,” whispered the squirrel. He pressed his body against the house. “There it IS! THERE IT IS!”
Dirt stepped in front of the squirrel and placed her wing to her lips. Then she peeked around the side. She gasped. Sure enough, a few feet from the house, was a giant circle, about four feet off the ground. She had never seen it before.
“That is big and scary. You were right,” said Dirt. “And that is definitely a circle. Nice work!” Dirt studied the giant circle for another minute. “Although that is absolutely not forest green. Or pine green. That is clearly asparagus green. Don’t you own a box of crayons?”
Tail’s eyes were wide. “What now?” he asked.
“We get down low and we crawl,” said Dirt. “They’ll never see us.”

“I’m big and gray! They’ll see me,” cried the squirrel. “They’ll see ME! THEY’LL SEE ME!”
“They don’t want you,” Dirt reminded him. “Just do as I say and everything will be fine.”
Tail started to turn Scaredy Squirrel Gray again.
“Repeat after me,” said Dirt. “I am a brave squirrel.”
“I am a brave squirrel. I am a BRAVE squirrel. I AM A BRAVE SQUIRREL!” The color returned to his face.
They crawled closer to the UFO. It was hissing and popping. The air around it made everything look wavy.
“Now what?” asked the squirrel.
“We blow up the balloon,” answered Dirt, “and we tie it to that flowerpot next to the UFO.”
“Then what?” asked the squirrel.
“We wait for the others,” said Dirt calmly.
“What are they going to do?” asked the squirrel.
“I never know, kid,” answered Dirt. “I never, ever know.”