CHAPTER THREE
About an hour later, Rubberman and I were back in the Elastic Cave. We had driven the Rubbermobile back to the Elastic Cave, which was kind of surprising, because I had been sure that the car would not start. Yet Rubberman managed to get the Rubbermobile started without too much trouble, although he did have to rely on Rubberband to activate the Rubbermobile’s emergency engine and help with steering, because apparently the crash had caused the steering wheel to become loose.
Neither Rubberman nor I spoke at all on our way back to the Elastic Cave, mostly because the Rubbermobile’s engine was making weird, loud noises the whole way. It sounded kind of like a cat being shredded in a meat grinder. I had hoped that the car might drive well enough to make Rubberman forget that I
