Class Trip to the Cave of Doom by Kate McMullan

Author:Kate McMullan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

“No! Don’t eat me!” Angus cried. “I’ll give you a bad bellyache!”

“Hey, Troll-breath!” Dudwin yelled.

“Dudwin, stop it!” Wiglaf cried.

Dudwin paid no attention. “I have something much yummier than him!” he shouted.

“What?” the troll growled.

“Cabbage soup,” Dudwin answered.

The troll eyed Dudwin. “Homemade?” he asked.

Dudwin nodded. “By my own mother.”

“Give it here,” said the troll.

Dudwin pulled the flask from his pack.

“Don’t, Dudwin!” Wiglaf begged. “Mother’s soup will make him really mad!”

But Dudwin stepped bravely up to the troll. He popped the cork off the flask. A sickening smell filled the air. Dudwin quickly splashed the soup in the troll’s face.

The troll’s eyes grew wide with surprise. He stuck out his tongue and licked some of the soup from his face. “Mmmmmmm!” he growled.

Wiglaf gasped. “You like it?” he cried.

“Like it?” said the troll. “I love it!” He dropped Angus onto the bridge. “I’ll eat you humans later. Now, I want more soup!”

“You got it!” Dudwin said. He threw the flask to the troll.

While the troll gulped down the soup, the Bloodhounds ran across his bridge. They kept running until the troll was far behind. Then they fell down, gasping for breath.

“Nice work, Dudwin!” Erica exclaimed.

“Very nice,” Angus said. “How is it that you were brave enough to stand up to the troll?”

“Oh, all my brothers are much meaner than the troll,” Dudwin said. “Except for Wiglaf.”

Wiglaf patted his brother on the back. He was proud of Dudwin. But at the same time, he felt—well, ashamed. His little brother was taller than he was. His little brother carried a bigger pack. And now his little brother had saved them from the troll. It was hard to take.

While Angus rested after his near-death-by-troll experience, Dudwin ran off. He was gone for a long time. Wiglaf was starting to worry when he came running back.

“Eric!” Dudwin cried. “Look what I found!”

“Shhh,” Erica said. “I’m checking the map.”

Dudwin ran over to Angus. “Look at this!” he exclaimed.

“Don’t bother me, Dudwin,” Angus said. “Not after what I’ve been through.”

Dudwin turned to his brother. “Wiggie?”

Wiglaf sighed. “What did you find, Dud?”

Dudwin held out his hand to Wiglaf.

“Egad!” cried Wiglaf.

For there in Dudwin’s grubby hand lay two golden coins.

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