The Secret Country by Pamela Dean

Author:Pamela Dean [Dean, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2011-06-06T18:52:30+00:00

“There was a very bright flash of purple light,†said Ruth, “and a big space opened in the hedge, and I could see the Secret Country in it. El en had the sword, so I thought I should go on through. I did, and I was back here, but El ie wasn’t. I’d just been looking around for a moment, when I heard a splash in the stream.â€

The three members of the audience looked at El en.

“I saw the purple light too,†she said. “It hurt my eyes, and I couldn’t see where the ring fel . And while I was waiting for the spots to go away, I looked at the house, because the whole hedge was lit up. Al the lights in the house went on, and the front door burst open and there was a lady with a broom just screaming her head off.â€

Ted and Laura looked at each other.

“What’d she say?†asked Ted.

“ ‘Aroint thee,’ †said El en. “And she cal ed us something like ‘onions,’ but it can’t have been. I wish al these people didn’t talk so weird.†She pushed her hair away from her eyes. “So I wanted to get out of there, and I ran for the hedge and the hedge went out—I mean it wasn’t glowing anymore—and the sword pul ed me and I fel down.â€

“How pul ed?†said Patrick.

“It pul ed,†said El en. “It made me lose my balance. So I fel down and right in front of my nose was the ring, shining.â€

“Shining how?â€

“Shining,†said El en. “Anybody’d think you don’t speak English. The gold was al yel ow—â€

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