High Rhulain (Redwall) by Jacques Brian

Author:Jacques, Brian [Jacques, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2007-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

Tiria’s appetite was well whetted when they reached the dunes at midnoon. However, nobeast was more thankful than Brink Greyspoke as the logboats nosed into the sandy shallows. He leaped ashore and threw himself flat, hugging the ground fervently.

“Never again, Skip, not if’n I lives more’n a thousand seasons. I’m done with sailin’, mate!”

The shrews were kindling a cooking fire. As Skipper watched them laying out huge quantities of food, he did a swift head count.

“There’s four paddlers apiece to each logboat, Tiria and meself, Urfa, Brink, an’ Dobra, an’ Pandion somewheres up there. So why are ye layin’ out enough vittles for an army? Does yore friend have a crew with him?”

Log a Log Urfa was scattering some stale shrewbread on the dunetop. It was already attracting seagulls. “No, Skip. My friend Cuthbert sails alone. He’s a real odd ’un. I’d be hard put to explain him to ye. So ye can judge for yoreself when he gets here.”

Coming down from the dunetop, the Guosim chieftain forestalled Tiria even before she asked the question. “Seabirds’ll come from afar for vittles. My friend Cuthbert usually sails these waters. Once he sights gulls flyin’ over this way, he’ll follow ’em. Cuthbert ain’t a beast to give up a chance o’ vittles lightly, miss. Ahoy, Dobra, git up on that other dune an’ give a shout when ye sight a sail out at sea.”

Pandion landed amid the gulls and frightened them off, so Tiria went and had a word with him. “You can’t stop here! You’re scaring the gulls off and making the Guosim shrews nervous.”

The big fish hawk glared hungrily about. “Yarraka! Then I’ll fish out on the sea. When shall I return?”

Tiria stroked the osprey’s lethal talons. “When you see me aboard a sailing ship, come down and land on it. Go now, my friend.”

Pandion soared swiftly off. Soon he was nought but a dark speck out above the waves, hunting for food.

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