Harry the Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure by Lynne Reid Banks

Author:Lynne Reid Banks [Lynne Reid Banks]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007522309
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

“Did you hear? They say they kill things!”

“They’re going to show us how!”

George put his head close to Harry’s.

“We’ll show ’em what’s what!” he crackled quietly. “Mouldy lugworms, indeed!”

Danny led them away from the no-end-puddle. They had to cross the dry sand. The sea centipedes were so light on their tiny feet they didn’t even disturb the fine grains of sand, but Harry and George were slipping and sinking up to what we would call their knees. Luckily they soon found themselves under some palm trees where the sandy soil was quite firm.

Danny stopped and so did all the others. When everyone was still, they could all feel the vibrations from some creature nearby.

“What is it?” Harry signalled to Danny.

“It’s a roll-a-lump! – Look! There he is!”

Harry’s heart sank as he saw what it was. A dung beetle! – pushing its ball of dung along at a great rate, using its back legs.

“Oh, no!” Harry thought. How could he sink his poison-pincers into something that had become a friend? But then he realised. Of course, this wasn’t the lady dung beetle that had shared his imprisonment and learnt to read his signals.

This was a great big ugly male, fairly bullying his dung-ball along in front of him. He was signalling furiously in Beetle: “Out of my way, small creatures all – or I’ll squash the lot of you under my ball!” He really was asking for it.

George didn’t hesitate. He not only wanted to show off – he was hungry. He went into a crouch, and then with a strong war-crackle he charged forward. Harry followed, but he wasn’t needed.

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