Abominable Movie Novelization by Tracey West

Author:Tracey West
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Chapter Eight

Lost in the Desert

A hungry family of four tortoises (two adults and two babies) approached a blade of grass in a vast desert of red clay that stretched out as far as the eye could see. Suddenly Yi, Peng, and Everest descended from the sky, screaming as the giant dandelion emerged from a bank of clouds. The fluffy seeds began to break off one by one, and the dandelion rapily descended toward the ground. The terrified tortoises disappeared into their shells.

“Brace yourselves!” Yi yelled.

Boom! A cloud of dust filled the air as they landed in the desert. The remaining fluffy dandelion seeds cushioned their fall. The blade of grass was gone. The four turtles lay on the ground pulled into their shells, looking like brown rocks.

“Everest! I’m over here!” Peng called out as Everest looked around, confused. “No! Over here!” Everest spun around. Peng clung to Everest’s back. He slid off onto the sand, landing facedown. “I’m okay!” Peng announced good-naturedly, standing up and brushing dust off of his clothes.

“That was amazing, Everest,” Yi said. “You saved us, and now we’re . . . Where are we?”

Peng frowned. “A long way from Jin.”

“Well, that’s his fault. He should’ve jumped! I mean, why doesn’t he ever just JUMP?!” Yi exclaimed with annoyance.

“Well, he jumped on that boat back in the city. That’s what got him on this trip in the first place,” Peng pointed out.

“Yeah, but that’s because he was worried about you. You’re his family,” Yi replied.

“He thinks of you as family too,” Peng said.

Everest scooped up two big rocks and a small one and held them out to Yi and cooed. Yi knew he meant “family.”

The “rocks” suddenly popped their tortoise heads out, nearly scaring Everest to death. Peng laughed and noticed the other baby tortoise on the ground.

“Hey, little turtle,” Peng said, as he picked it up and held it out to Everest as if it were a young Yi.

“Everest, Jin said Yi was like his little sister when they were kids.” Peng waved the “Yi” tortoise in the air with a flourish. “She was always doing something CRAZY that would get her into trouble. So he watched out for her.” He placed the baby “Yi” turtle into Everest’s hands next to the baby “Jin” turtle. The two babies touched heads as Peng looked over at Yi and said, “He still does.”

Yi should have been comforted by Peng’s story, but it only gave her an ache in her heart, one she didn’t really understand. She changed the subject.

“I . . . I think we should get going,” she said as she gazed at the vast, windy desert around them. She had no idea which way to go, or how far away from civilization they were. But she had to be strong for the kids, even if one of the kids was big and hairy and magical.

“But don’t worry! I can get us out of here,” she said, trying to sound confident. “Let’s go.”

The wind picked up as

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