Voyagers of the Silver Sand by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

The children clung tightly to the balloon ropes as lightning zigzagged all around them.

Then, just as the storm was about to clear, a last jagged bolt of light struck the balloon and sent it sinking fast to the earth.

“We’ve sprung a leak!” chattered Max. “We’re — doomed!”

As they plummeted like stones, a voice boomed suddenly outside the balloon. “Ho-ho there! Do you folks need a lift?”

An instant later, a large shallow bowl shot up next to them. Sitting in it was a giant man in giant armor. He had a big red nose and a craggy beard. Next to him were two other armored men floating in their own big bowls.

“Old Rolf!” shouted Julie. “Smee? Lunk? The Knights of Silversnow!”

“Humf! If anyone else rides their shields around, I’d like to know about it!” boomed the knight named Rolf.

“Get on board,” said the one called Lunk, squinting through the eyeholes in his helmet. “You can land safely, or you can land fast!”

“Out of the basket and into the soup bowl!” added Smee.

Without another word, the kids and Max leaped from the crashing balloon to the knights’ shields just as the balloon collapsed completely.

Crash! It fell to earth like a wet dish towel.

“Sparr’s going to be mad about this,” said Neal.

Rolf laughed heartily. “Add it to the list!”

The knights were a trio of ancient, oversized battlers who lived in a castle high atop the Ice Hills of Tarabat. They slept a lot, but whenever Galen needed them, they always came to help.

“We’re off to find Galen,” said Smee with a yawn. He leaned right, banking his shield in a wide circle. Max and Neal leaned with him. “But tell me. We sleep so much that sometimes we don’t remember. Have we met before?”

“Sort of,” said Keeah. “We meet in the future. But I don’t know if you remember us then. Right now, we’re traveling back in time.”

Rolf laughed again. “Why not? This is Droon, isn’t it? Anything is possible!”

“Galen just called us,” said Lunk, shifting to make more room for Julie and Eric. “We don’t mind. Knights are supposed to help.”

“We need to find him, too,” said Eric as the shields dipped lower over the blue-hued sand. “The magical staircase disappeared, and to bring it back we have to find some treasures that were stolen in our time.”

“And wherever Galen is,” said Julie, “is the next treasure.”

“Then, let’s make tracks,” said Old Rolf. “To the Rat-faced Snitchers of Zoop!”

Quill squeaked. “I remember them. They gave their name to this very story!”

Whooosh! The knights drove their shields faster into the late afternoon sky, skimming the desert sands. The pilkas raced below.

It wasn’t long before Rolf slowed at an oasis of palm trees waving around a glittering pool.

The knights silently steered the shields into the tallest tree and stopped, completely hidden in its bushy cluster of leaves.

“Well, look at that,” said Lunk, squinting down. “If it isn’t sand ponies. And Snitchers!”

The children carefully parted the leaves and looked down. A herd of small horses trotted over a nearby dune and into the oasis.

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