Search for the Dragon Ship by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

The water gushed down into a narrow pass above the village, threatening to crash through and sweep the village away.

“Somebody do something!” cried Gryndal, jumping up and down.

Eric turned to Julie. “Fly me to Thog’s pile of boulders. Then help everyone get out of the way.”

“You got it!” said Julie. Taking Eric’s hand, she shot to the rock pile, then flew back to help move the elves to safety.

Staring up at the huge boulders, Eric closed his eyes and summoned up some magic words.

“Nomee-akwee-petree!”

A blast of blue sparks burst from his fingertips and struck the tower of rocks.

Rmm-blam-boom! A boulder rolled off the top and tumbled onto the pass below. Splash!

“And again!” he said to himself. Another blast, and another boulder rolled from the pile. Then another. And another. Finally, the entire pile Thog had dug up went crashing onto the pass.

Rmmm-fwoosh-ppkkshh! The rushing water struck the wall of boulders, curled high, then rolled back on itself.

The village was safe.

“Yee-bo-yee! Plit-plit-plit!” the elves cheered.

So did Neal. “Woo-hoo! You did it!”

Gryndal rushed to Julie and Eric. “How can I ever thank you? You have saved our village!”

But Eric’s thoughts had returned to Salamandra. He shook his head. “We lost her. She’s already across the sea.”

Gryndal smiled. “This isn’t over yet. Salamandra stole some old wings, but we have other wings to offer you. Come, come!”

The king and his hog elves scurried beyond the village to a field where two giant birds were grazing. Two birds … with four wings each.

“Soarwings!” said Julie. “I remember them!”

They all remembered how Keeah had once flown away on a soarwing in search of her mother.

“Climb on,” said Gryndal. “Find Keeah. Stop the wicked thorn princess. Save Droon!”

“Thanks for all you’ve done,” said Eric, climbing with his friends onto the backs of the birds.

“No, thank you!” cheered the hog elves.

At once the giant birds lifted, circled the tiny island, and soared up to the wispy pink clouds.

They flew swiftly across the ocean. In what seemed like no time the children were over the coast.

“Where do you think Salamandra has gone?” asked Julie, peering down through the clouds. “Droon is huge. She could be anywhere.”

“Not far, I suspect,” said Khan, sniffing the air.

Eric shrugged. “We’ll just have to search until … until … holy cow!”

Dipping below the clouds, they saw the shimmering towers of Jaffa City. And inside the city walls, crossing the main courtyard, were Thog and the wicked princess herself.

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