The Mystery of the Monster Mountain by M. V. Carey

Author:M. V. Carey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories
ISBN: 9780394864204
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1973-02-13T07:00:00+00:00

He began to walk along the edge of the crevice, examining the ground inch by inch. Behind Bob, and to his left, a branch snapped.

Bob stood still and listened.

A second ticked by, and two and three. After that single sound, the quiet was intense.

Too intense.

No birds called and no squirrels chattered in the trees. Even the wind had died. It was as if all the creatures who made their home on Mount Lofty were sitting motionless, watching and waiting. Waiting for what?

A muscle in the back of Bob’s leg twitched. He shook himself and cleared his throat.

“Stop that!” he said, and his voice was loud in the stillness. “Get a grip on yourself. You’re letting your imagination run away with you!”

He listened again, and only heard the

blood rushing in his ears. Then he heard

something else — something horribly

close. Behind him, almost at his shoulder,

there was the sound of breathing.

Slowly, very slowly so as not to startle

whatever it was. Bob began to turn.

There was a warmth on his neck. and

then a touch—a soft touch, a mere

brushing against his shirt collar. Bob

jumped, twisting in midair, trying to face

the being that had come out of the woods.

Afterward, Bob couldn’t tell who

screamed first, himself or the creature

that had crept up on him. He only knew

that his ears were ringing, shattered with

sound, and that he was looking into a pair

of dark, red-rimmed eyes.

He had an impression of hugeness and

matted hair. Then he was staggering,

slipping on the clean earth at the edge of

the crevice.

He fell. He fell backward and saw sky,

and then the steep, bare walls of the earthquake fracture. His body twisted and snow at the bottom of the pit rushed up at him. He felt the impact on his hands and knees and heard another scream. Then he blacked out.

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