[Guardians of Ga'hoole 12] - The Golden Tree by Kathryn Lasky

Author:Kathryn Lasky [Lasky, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Snowy picked up her large head. “You don’t remember? You helped me read the numbers and the name. I’m not as smart as you and you were so kind.”

Aahh, the pellet drops! Otulissa thought, but did not say so out loud. It was a crude expression for finally remembering something. She did remember the teacup now. It was another gewgaw that Plonk had gotten from Trader Mags. Yes, there was a picture of a female Other wearing a crown gazing out with great dignity, a dignity that far exceeded anything Madame Plonk could ever aspire to. And there were numbers.“One-nine-five-three. Yes, of course.”

“Queen E, you remember?”

“Yes, I can’t imagine why anyone would give a one-letter name to a queen. One must assume the rest of the letters were worn away though time. So what is the problem?”

The very question threw Madame Plonk into a new fit of sobs. She was beating her wings now on the floor of the hollow. To Otulissa, she seemed like an actress who was enjoying her own performance a bit too much. But then again, there was something rather gizzard-rending when she began to speak. “You cannot imagine how, over all these years as the dark fades from the day, after I have sung ‘Night Is Done’ and all the owls go to rest, how wonderful it is to settle on the branch just outside my hollow with my coronation cup filled with milkberry tea. So restorative to not only the voice but the spirits. I watch the sun creep up over the horizon.”

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