Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Osborne Mary Pope

Author:Osborne, Mary Pope [Osborne, Mary Pope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-375-89462-6
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-09-29T07:00:00+00:00

They were both still for a moment, listening to the immense silence around them.

“Okay,” said Annie. “The way I see it, if we don’t use the wand, we’ll be stuck here forever. Soon we’ll make the wrong move and fall.”

“Right,” said Jack.

“So we’ll never find the secret of happiness for Merlin,” said Annie. “Merlin will fade away completely from sorrow. And Camelot will lose his magic forever.”

“Right,” said Jack.

“So maybe in this case, rescuing ourselves isn’t just our good,” said Annie. “Our good is also the good of others, like Merlin.”

“Good thinking,” said Jack. “Let’s try it.” He carefully twisted around and took off his backpack. Then he very slowly reached inside and pulled out the Wand of Dianthus.

“Okay. Five words …,” Jack whispered. “I guess I’ll just wish for it to save you and me and Merlin. Hey, why didn’t we make that wish a long time ago?”

“We couldn’t,” said Annie. “We hadn’t tried our hardest yet.”

“Right. Get ready …,” said Jack. He closed his eyes, held up the gleaming silver wand, and said:

“SAVE ANNIE, MERLIN, AND ME!”

Jack waited a moment. Then he opened his eyes and looked around. “What happened?” he said.

“Nothing,” said Annie.

“So I guess it didn’t work,” said Jack. He turned to put the wand away. “I guess the rules must—”

CRACK! The ice broke! The ledge gave way!

“AHHH!” called Jack and Annie as they fell through the twilight, down through darkness,

down,

down,

down,

down into blackness.

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