My back stiffened against the tree and I held very still. The lion stood a few feet ahead of me, his eyes glued to mine. My broken foot throbbed and my heart pounded. Today would surely be the day I die. If only I hadn’t strayed off the trail. I didn’t even know there were…
Today was a terrible day to climb a tree. I held on tight as the dragons fought above me, the wind from their wings trying to blow me off. The dragon war had been going on for nearly a month now and the humans were paying for it. Many a village had been destroyed and…
It broke. I can’t believe it broke. What am I going to do now? They were getting closer. We can’t win without it. I tried to keep myself from trembling as I turned to Jake and stared hard at him. I couldn’t get myself to talk so I just stared and waited. Jake was still…
The ground shook as the Earth opened up. The tree I clung to was beginning to slip into the opening and I had to jump to another tree farther away. As the earth fell away into the growing hole in the ground, I began to climb higher into the tree. It was a very tall…
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