Frank's Bad Day Part IV

Out of the corner of his eye, Frank saw something to his right reflect
in the dim light. There, out in the street, was large dull metal coin
lying where he had woken up. It must have fallen out of his pocket
when he got up. Frank began to hurry towards the coin. Meanwhile, a
small black creature, the size of a small monkey crawled out of the
storm sewers. It was about sixteen inches tall and was covered with
greasy fur that went in every direction. It was hunched over and
rested its knuckles on the ground as it watched Frank hurry to pick up
the coin. The creature then started jumping up and down and screaming.
It was a noise that was a mixture of a rabbit dying, and hyena
laughing. An amazing volume of sound came out of this small creature.
Finally, it bolted towards the coin. It was closer to the coin, and
was running at full sprint now. Frank calculated he might not make it
time and prepared to jump so he could tackle the creature to get the
coin. He could hear the bus getting closer in the distance. The
creature got there first and snatched the coin up and continued
running full out. It began chattering something that sounded like a
high-pitched laughing taunt.
Frank leapt into the air and came down hard on the asphalt, only
managing to grasp the creature's tail. The air brakes on the bus let
out a hiss as the bus stopped next to the bench. Frank heard the door
"whoosh" open. The creature shrieked and turned around to attack Frank
with a fury that caused him to forget it was only 16 inches tall. It
was a blur of claws and teeth and the worst smell Frank had ever
encountered emanating from every pore of the creature's skin. Because
of its small size and speed he could not keep grasp it properly
without being scratched or bitten. Frank finally slammed the creature
to the ground and had decided the coin wasn't worth it. At the almost
the same moment it hit the ground a weather-beaten wooden oar pinned
the creature to the ground at its neck. The creature was gasping for
air.
A loud booming voice that seemed attached to the oar spoke slowly,
"You know you aren't allowed here.. let go of the coin and I'll let
you go back to the sewers. Otherwise, I'll split you in half…What's it
gonna be?". The creature let the coin fall to the ground and finally
spoke.

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