Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City by Will Mabbitt

Author:Will Mabbitt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2016-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

Then he broke off one of its legs, took a bite, and offered the rest to Jarvis.

“I’m all right, actually,” said Jarvis politely.

The egret shrugged, then carefully wrapped the spider in a large leaf and tucked it safely into his bag.

“Dessert,” he explained.

The path wound its way up to the crest of a hill. At the top, the jungle dropped away into a vast valley that swept downward to disappear into the evening mist. A distant hooting echoed through the gloom.

Mabel paused for breath and adjusted her backpack. They had been equipped with all the essentials of a jungle expedition by the egrets: an oil lamp plundered from the BROWN TROUT, some strange medicinal herbs, and, of course, a pair of ceremonial preserved kidneys taken from one of the egrets’ previous captives.

She looked at Jarvis. “Somewhere out there is the FORBIDDEN CITY,” she said.

Their jungle guide looked at her with frightened eyes. “Shhhh! FORBIDDEN CITY so forbidden it forbidden to say ‘FORBIDDEN CITY.’ Many egret lost to dark magic . . .” He looked around the jungle nervously. “Enslaved by Witch Queen!”

Mabel gulped. “I hope Maggie’s OK.”

It was dark now. The egret stopped and held up a wing. They had come to a junction in the path.

“Which way do you think?” asked Mabel, idly scuffing her foot across a small pile of bones on the jungle floor.

A PILE OF BONES?!

She stepped backward and knocked over another pile of bones.

ANOTHER

PILE

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