The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey

Author:Mercedes Lackey
Language: pt
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fairy godmothers, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Dwarfs, Princesses
ISBN: 9780373803156
Publisher: Luna
Published: 2010-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

"When this is over, those shepherds back there are going to be able to hire more shepherds to do their work for them," Leopold said to Siegfried, as they rode toward the finish line. "In fact, their dogs are going to be able to hire dogs!"

"And a flock of their own to mind." Siegfried chuckled. He was in a very good mood. He and Leopold had gotten through the first trial in good order, and now that they were on their way back to the finish line, he was extremely pleased with where they were. The mouse-horses seemed pleased, too; they loped along at an easy pace, just about a slow gallop, only a little warm and not at all winded. In fact, he and Leopold were passing the occasional rider whose mouse-horse was refusing to get above a trot, horses whose necks and flanks were spotted with dried flecks of foaming sweat. "I think they may be the ones who made out the best out of all of us."

"You're probably right. Still, I have to say, this was not so bad when we used our heads. And your business with the fodder worked a treat." Leopold grinned at the Northerner, who grinned back.

"We could have moved twice the number of eggs with your spoon trick." Siegfried had no trouble returning the compliment. "All things considered, we should do very well in these trials if they are all going to require us to use our heads. You and I are rather good at that."

The horses made a snorting, snickering sound.

Leopold laughed. "Face it, we are geniuses." Then he sobered. "This gave me a good chance to measure our real opponents, actually. I think I've pinpointed five of them that could give us some serious trouble, and I don't mean mere honest rivals..." He shook his head.

"I don't much like them. They are clever, no doubt of it. They all thought to hire shepherds. But they went at this as if we were all on a battlefield, and I'm not entirely certain they didn't do some bashing in the pack on the race-leg out. Grigor is as cold-blooded as a snake, and Karl looked like he was ready to kill three of the sheep and chuck the carcasses in the pen."

"The rules didn't say the sheep had to be alive...." Siegfried replied, and shook his head. A chill passed over him, as if the sun had gone behind a cloud for a moment. "I get the feeling that if that one had thought of it, there'd have been mutton before you could say 'knife,' and never mind the shepherd. I expect to see some more trouble out of Karl. And we should watch our backs carefully anytime he is near."

Leopold rode on in silence for a moment; they were far enough from any other riders that the only sounds were the pounding of their own mounts hooves on the sod, and their rhythmic blowing as they galloped. "Themas and Peder might kill each other.

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