The Other (Animorphs 43) by K. A. Applegate

Author:K. A. Applegate
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Children's Fiction
ISBN: 9780439106795
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2009-11-17T06:00:00+00:00

<Marco! What are you doing?>

What. . . man. My brain finally shook itself back into place. What was I doing?

I left my hive-mate and lifted off. Zoomed out and over to Rachel, still perched in the next tree in eagle morph.

<What's wrong with you?> she snapped. <lt's a stupid honeybee!>

<Sorry. But I'm not sure I'd call the bee stupid. You need individuality and sentience to be stupid, don't you? As compared to smart or silly or whatever?>

<l guess,> Rachel conceded.

<Anyway, it's not nearly as bad as being an I shot up from the ground.

ant. You know how ants are just programmed

<Marco! Get a grip!> A harsh sound. Meanparts of a whole? It's kind of like that, only not so ingless to the bee. <You're not supposed to go in aggressive. It's sort of like I'm part of a big farm family. All for one and one for all while we bring the hive!>

in the crop and feed the next generation and pay I landed on the lip of the hollowed section of homage to the queen. That's what Communism the dead tree. Was met by a guard bee, another is all about,> I mused. <l mean, Castro's like a worker, like myself. I did not smell like the enking when you think about it.> emy. So round and round in circles, first this way, then that, the other bee twirled on its three

<Yeah, well, Comrade Marco, just be sure you sets of legs. Flicking its wings, my comrade told maintain control, okay?>

me the location of a new source of food for the

<Yeah. Look, there's a couple of bees flying out of the hive. Might as well follow them and hive.

All for the hive!

hope for the best.>

I would go and gather. . .

<l'm on you.>

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I zipped off after the two bees. One zoomed ZZZZZZZZZZZoff the property, The other seemed headed for

<He's about a foot behind you; maybe six inches up. I'll try to get him but . . .> the greenhouse.

So far, on a fairly straight path.

<Ahhhhh!>

ZZZZZZZZ!

! felt one of his barbed legs pierce my abNot another bee. Not my bee. Another bug. domen.

No no no no!

Whoosh!

It dropped straight down in front of me! Went A second leg impaled me from the other side I was a skewered snack for a seriously unatright for the bee I was following!

tractive insect.

What the heck was it?

At least it would be quick. How long had it Through what seemed like thousands of tiny taken this thing to suck the life out of the other TV screens i could see an insect larger than me, bee?

maybe twice my size. Its legs seemed to be covI felt the proboscis against my back. The very ered in spines or spikes. Its nose looked like a tip of the deadly sucking needle.

big fat needle.

WHOOOOSSSHHH!

<Marco! You'd better look out!> Rachel called. A massive gust of wind sent me swirling, then And then the monster insect hit the bee. falling toward the ground.

Hard. Wrapped its horrible legs around it, capturFalling, but not dead.

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