Desert Danger by Jan Burchett & Sara Vogler

Author:Jan Burchett & Sara Vogler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434237736, 9781434248923, 9781434246417, animals, endangered, rescue, wild, Wild Rescue, Stone Arch Books, Capstone, species, Savannah
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 2013-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Ben gave the water tank a desperate shake. “There’s a little left in the bottom,” he said. “Quick, hand me a bottle.”

“That’s not going to last us very long,” Zoe said as Ben collected the last of the water in his bottle.

“Then the sooner we get Jossy home, the better,” said Ben.

He helped Zoe hoist her backpack onto her shoulders. Zoe felt Jossy’s hot little breath on her neck.

“We might get thirsty,” Zoe said, “but at least we’ve got some milk for you, Jossy.”

Ben placed the flap of the pack over the cub’s head to protect him from the sun. Then he fired a tagging dart into the seat of the WASP and covered the buggy with sand as much as he could.

“Erika should be able to find it when our mission’s over,” Ben said. “Hopefully no one else will.”

Zoe checked the map on her BUG. “Escaping that lion has taken us way off course,” she said. “We need to head west now, over the dunes again.”

Ben looked at his watch. “It’s two-thirty,” he said. “We have about four hours before nightfall. Plenty of time.”

“We can’t leave any trails,” said Zoe. “We don’t want Jossy’s mom catching us. That last stone was pretty far back, so she shouldn’t be able to track us. We’ll just have to hope she’ll head to the pool.”

“Check her signal,” suggested Ben.

“She hasn’t moved yet,” said Zoe. “She must still be sleeping.”

They set off toward the slope of the next dune. The hot sun beat down upon them. They could feel the heat of the earth through their boots.

The ridge of the red hill stood out sharply against the blue sky. “I researched dunes when we were in the plane,” Ben said. “Very interesting stuff, although I didn’t think we’d be walking over them.”

“What’s so interesting about piles of sand?” said Zoe.

“There’s more to them than that,” said Ben. “The steep slope of a dune is called the slipface. It’s really hard to climb. We’re lucky because we’re going up the gentler side, where the sand’s firmer.”

“Good!” said Zoe, taking the first step on to the dune. But her leg muscles soon began to ache as she trudged up the slope.

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