The Emerald Princess Plays a Trick by Jahnna N. Malcolm

Author:Jahnna N. Malcolm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Emily bent over to catch her breath. It had taken her two hours to run to the Twisted Vines.

“If I weren’t so small, I would have been here ages ago!” she huffed, clutching her side. “Now I’m tired and very hungry.”

She spied a blackberry bush on the path in front of her. Emily stood on tiptoe and reached for a big ripe berry. But something blocked her way.

At first she thought it was just a spider’s web covered in leaves and twigs.

Emily carefully poked at the web. It was strong, like rope.

“Wait a minute,” she murmured under her breath. “This isn’t a spider’s web, it’s a net! But what is it doing here?”

Emily carefully lifted a blackberry leaf and peered through the netting. Underneath the net was a big wooden cage.

“The trap is set!” a voice rasped above her.

Emily spun around and nearly fainted. She was staring directly at the biggest feet she had ever seen. They were bony knobs with big tufts of fur on the toes and heels.

Slowly, Emily raised her head. The feet belonged to two creatures in long black capes and hoods. She couldn’t see their faces, but she knew who they were.

“Dreadlings!” she whispered. “I can’t let them see me!”

Luckily, Emily was wearing green. She backed up against the leaves stuck to the netting, hoping to blend in.

“This cage will hold one very stout dwarf and maybe a few of his fairy friends,” the other Dreadling said in a crackly voice.

“That’s good,” the first one replied. “If we capture them two and three at a time, our plan will move much faster.”

Plan? Emily gulped.

“These Greenwood folk will make good workers for Lord Bleak.”

Emily’s hands flew to her face. These awful Dreadlings were planning to kidnap her people. She had to stop them!

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