Eden Chronicles Box Set Books 1-3 by James Erith

Author:James Erith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jerico Press
Published: 2017-10-09T07:00:00+00:00

SIXTY-ONE

OLD MAN WOOD FINDS HIS FRIENDS

The laughter, for Old Man Wood, grew and grew. ‘Haaahaaahaaaahaaa! Haaaaaaa! Ha! Woah-ha ha!’

His eyes darted from one direction to another. Old Man Wood crouched down and coughed the remaining water from his windpipe. ‘They’re laughing at me, Archie. Masses of them – in hysterics.’

‘Cor, this is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen for years,’ said a voice.

Old Man Wood’s ears pricked up. ‘Someone spoke. There! There it is again!’ he boomed. ‘Can you hear them?’

‘Hear who?’ Archie quizzed, trying to find the source of Old Man Wood’s outburst. ‘You sure you’re alright?’

‘Uh—? You can’t hear it?’ Old Man Wood whispered. ‘You must be able to!’

‘No, there’s nothing—’

‘There! There they go, loads of them. Laughing, talking, hum-humming.’

Archie strained his ears, ‘Hum-humming? I can’t hear anything – only rain.’

Old Man Wood scrambled across a branch, his head turning to and fro trying to locate the source of this invisible sound.

‘You know,’ Archie said, ‘maybe you’re hearing things. Is there water in your ears?’

Old Man Wood stared at him, his eyes bulging quite madly. He shook his head. ‘Definitely not.’

‘Look,’ Archie insisted, ‘there isn’t anything here. I think we should go home for breakfast.’ He scoured the clump. ‘Really, there’s nothing.’ He watched Old Man Wood shuffle up another trunk.

‘Oh yes there is, Archie.’

Archie sighed. ‘Let’s get back, please? You’ll catch pneumonia if you hang around too long.’

But Old Man Wood had abandoned his boots and was now scurrying around the trees and bushes like a man possessed; dashing around the thicket, wading through the pools and peering through, under and around the trees.

‘Reveal yourselves!’ he cried. ‘Where the devil are you?!’

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