A Hen in the Wardrobe by Wendy Meddour

Author:Wendy Meddour [Meddour, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781010747
Publisher: MBI

Trembling, Ramzi crept across the clearing and hid behind the cold concrete wall. But how would he find the Spider’s stick? He tried to think of a plan but he couldn’t. The door was shut and the window was too high. So he just waited. Waited and listened until… CREEeeeeak. The door opened.

Ramzi crouched in the shadows. And that’s when he saw him: Boulelli. He was just like Amel had said. He wore a long, dark Berber cape and a hood that hung over his face.

Ramzi closed his eyes and prayed that Boulelli wouldn’t see him. “Please, Allah, make me invisible,” he said again and again in his head.

When he opened his eyes, the figure had gone. Gone into the woods. Ramzi took a deep breath. This was his chance. Without thinking, he crept out of the shadows and pushed open the creaking door. His eyes scanned the dimly lit room. A bed… a curtain…a fireplace… a stick! There, resting against the wall.

Ramzi rushed over, grabbed it and ran for the door. But the candlelight was weak and Ramzi couldn’t see. He tripped on something. “Arghh!” he yelled as he crashed to the ground.

“Eshkun? Who is it?” called a voice.

Ramzi leapt to his feet and stumbled out of the door, leaving the stick behind. It was Boulelli! Boulelli the child-eater! He was coming to get him! Ramzi ran across the clearing until he reached the trees. Then he dived into the darkness of the forest.

When he was sure that he was safe, Ramzi stopped. Puffing and out of breath, his whole body shook. But he’d done it! He’d been into Boulelli’s house and escaped alive! He didn’t care what Hamza said about the stick. He wasn’t going back. No way.

He carried on crawling through the forest – among the needles and the dust – but his chest began to hurt. It felt tight and sore – as if wasps had stung him on the inside. He reached for his inhaler but it wasn’t in his pocket! He tried the other pocket…no… it had gone.

Hurriedly, Ramzi began to retrace his steps. It must have fallen out in the forest. He fumbled on the ground in the darkness. Nothing. Just needles and dust. As he got closer and closer to the clearing, a lump of panic swirled in the pit of his stomach. Perhaps it was in Boulelli’s house? He remembered falling over. What if? Oh no.

He didn’t want to go back inside the Spider’s trap. He didn’t want to become a pile of bones. But his chest was getting tighter and tighter. He could hardly breathe….There was no choice. Ramzi stumbled into the clearing.

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