There was once a small sleepy village in outback Australia, that was a relatively peaceful community where nothing much happened.
In this village lived two brothers, Marcus and Angus, who worked on their parents farm.
They shore sheep, tended to the crops, and did all the typical things farm boys do growing up on a farm.
One day, as they were walking to town to gather some groceries, they noticed a new sign by the side of the road that said "The worlds best sausage rolls, East -->"
Marcus was feeling pretty hungry and decided he could really go for a sausage roll, so he asked Angus if he could borrow some of the money their parents gave them for the groceries and said he'd get one for Angus too, and so he got the money off of him and went in the direction the sign pointed to for the supposedly worlds best sausage rolls while Angus went to get the groceries, saying that he'll meet up with him back home afterwards.
Angus went to get the groceries, a mostly uneventful trip really, although he did see a cat kill a possum, since this is a pretty small sleepy town, that's about as exciting as things got.
When Angus got home, he looked for his brother in the kitchen, hoping to try out the worlds best sausage rolls with him, but Marcus was no where to be found.
He asked his parents if Marcus had returned yet, and they said not that they knew of, and that they thought that Marcus was with him.
He told them that they separated at the sign, and hadn't heard from him since, expecting to meet him back at home.
Angus looked around the farm for his brother, but he was nowhere to be seen, and figured he still must be on his way...
Hours pass, and there's still no sign of Marcus, and their parents start worrying about him, and so decides to try and go out and look for him.
Angus wanted to come along as well, but his parents told him it's probably best that he stay at home in case Marcus does come home.
And so the parents went in the direction they assumed Marcus went, directed by the sign.
Several more hours pass, and no one returns home, and Angus began to worry.
So he went out into town, and told Mr AccaDacca, a good friend of his parents, what had happened.
Mr AccaDacca told Angus not to fret, as he was an excellent bush tracker, and would find their trail and them in no time.
So off he went to find Angus's parents...
Several more hours passed, and still, no one had returned yet. Angus was really starting to get worried, but knew Mr AccaDacca was the best tracker in Australia, and tried his best not to become too concerned, telling himself over and over that things will be fine.
Eventually, he fell asleep waiting for everyone to return home, and woke up to a beautiful morning the next day, but still no sign of his family or Mr AccaDacca.
So he goes back into town, and tells some other town people about what had happened.
The town people worried, as they knew that Mr AccaDacca was the best tracker in the world, and if he had disappeared, something must be seriously wrong.
So they formed a search party, consisting of half the towns population, to go out and try and find Angus's family and Mr AccaDacca, while Angus stayed behind, as someone needed to tend to the farm regardless of the situation.
The day goes by and Angus starts to become greatly concerned as the evening approaches.
So he goes back into town to see if anyone had returned, only to find... that all the other towns people had disappeared as well.
Angus was all alone, and scared, and worried, and didn't know what to do.
He wondered, is there some sort of monster out there, that has captured and eaten all the towns people? Maybe war has broken out, and enemy soldiers have captured everyone?
Well, Angus could sit around no longer, and had to do something.
So he went back to the farm, got his fathers shotgun, some rope, a flashlight, and packed a bag with survival gear and food, and painted his face black and put on his camo clothes.
He leaves and makes his way to follow that accursed sign that began all this... but just as he's getting close to the sign, he see's a light in the distance, heading towards him.
"That must be the monster or the soldiers! I better hide!" Angus said to himself.
So he ducked into the bushes, and waited for the light to get closer... and closer... and closer...
Then he could start to make out a shape behind the light, and it seemed oddly familiar...
Feeling brave, Angus turned on his flashlight and shined it on the shape...
It was his brother, Marcus!
Angus ran up to him, and shouted, "MARCUS! You're back! Where have you been? Where is everyone else?"
Marcus smiled, handed Angus the roll he promised, and told him,
"Well, it's a long way to the shop, if you want a sausage roll".
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