Lair of the Winged Monster by Dan Hunter

Author:Dan Hunter [Hunter, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409554837
Publisher: Usborne Publishing

“Cacti store water inside themselves!” said Manu, digging out more wet green flesh and offering a handful to Akori. “A cactus this size? We could live off it for years!”

Akori sucked greedily at the pulp. Water gushed down his grateful throat, tasting sweeter than any water he had ever drunk before.

Ebe found it was easier just to rip off a big spike, stab a hole in the cactus and drink from that!

Once they had quenched their thirst and felt human again, they broke off some more cactus spikes to take with them for later, along with as much of the green flesh as they could carry.

Manu consulted his map and whistled. “We’ve come a long way,” he said. “The hidden fortress shouldn’t be more than an hour’s walk from here! There’s just one thing I don’t understand.”

“Only one?” Akori said.

“How can it be a hidden fortress? There’s nothing here to hide it behind! Nothing but sand!”

Ebe interrupted with a whine. Then she began to gesture frantically at the ground.

“I know, Ebe,” Akori said. “I’m sick of the sight of sand too.”

But Ebe became even more anxious, hopping from one foot to the other and pointing downwards. Akori wished she could speak, so she could just tell him what was wrong. Perhaps the heat was muddling her head too, and she was seeing mirages like he and Manu had? She might need another drink. He offered her a wad of wet cactus, but she shooed him away.

“Manu?” Akori said. “I think Ebe’s seeing something—”

But Manu was pointing to the ground too. “And so am I,” he said very slowly. “Akori, tell me I’m not going mad!”

Akori looked down at the red sand.

There, staring up at him, were a pair of cold, yellowish eyes, with slit pupils. As Akori watched, horrified, they blinked slowly.

“Look!” Manu hissed. Another pair of eyes had opened in the sand nearby. And then another.

“It’s not possible!” said Akori, staring at them. “We can’t all be seeing the same mirage!”

The whole world seemed to have gone insane! How could the sand have eyes? Was the desert itself coming to life?

The trio stood, gazing in disbelief at the three pairs of eyes staring back at them. Then the sand began to shift as each set of eyes rose up. Sand slid from three long, flat heads.

“Lizards!” Akori exclaimed.

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