Brian Jacques - Redwall 03 by Mattimeo

Author:Mattimeo
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-02-16T00:23:51.548000+00:00

Matthias and his friends ate as they marched across the plateau with the shrews. Log-a-Log pointed out the slavers’ tracks.

“Nice and clear, still travelling due south.”

Orlando’s face was grim. “Aye, the fox didn’t suppose we’d be following him.”

Basil shaded his eyes. “I say, that looks like a gloomy old forest we’re heading towards. Any more shrewcake left?”

Jess absentmindedly passed him one. “It’s a pine wood. I don’t like the look of it.”

“Nor do I,” Jabez Stump agreed. “Just a feelin’ in my spikes, I s’pose, but it looks as if it’s sittin’ there a-waitin’ for us.”

Cheek laughed nervously. “Ha ha, old doom’n’gloom. Funny, I haven’t got a feelin’ in my spikes. Maybe ’cos I don’t have any.”

Basil slapped him heartily on the back. “That’s the spirit, Cheek m’boy. Chin in, chest out, good straight back and a stiff upper lip, wot. Look out, pine trees, here we come!” The woods looked deceptively close. Even though they stepped out briskly, it was past noon when the party arrived at the beginning of the pine fringe.

Log-a-Log called for cooks to make a meal. “We’ll eat and rest awhile here, because we won’t be stopping once we get among those trees; we’ll do a straight march through until we’re clear of them. Is that all right with you, Matthias?”

“Good idea, Log-a-Log. A rest and some food will set us up nicely and we’ll be fresh for the march.”

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