The Silver Hand by Terry Deary

Author:Terry Deary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

There are families in dozens,

Uncles, mothers, sisters, cousins,

And they have their married quarters

Where they rear their sons and daughters;

And they take a lot of catching,

Cause an awful lot of scratching.’

‘I’ll take the top bunk,’ Aimee said. ‘I’m not sure you have the strength to climb up.’

Marius smiled a pale smile and agreed. He placed the oiled rain cape from the pack on top of the damp mattress. The stale air was warm enough so he needed none of the ragged blankets. The dugout smelled of tobacco and rats. He fell asleep moments later.

Aimee lay awake longer, listening to the squeakings and scurryings of creatures that were invisible in the shadows. Marius snored softly. Outside an owl hooted, so she knew that night had fallen. ‘Best of luck catching the mice tonight,’ she whispered to the owl.

Minutes later she was asleep too.

At the edge of the woods a watcher stood and looked down the hill to the trench where Aimee and Marius had settled for the night. His long black cloak reached below his knees. He took an oilskin from his pack and spread it over some branches to make a simple tent. He lowered himself carefully to the ground. He wrapped his cloak around him and lay there, listening to the rain beating against the roof of his tent.

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