Cypher the Mountain Giant by Adam Blade

Author:Adam Blade [by Blade, Adam, illustrated by Tucker, Ezra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-29406-5
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2007-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE COMING OF THE BEAST

FOR A SECOND, TOM HESITATED. THERE MIGHT be a chance to get out of the way, but it would mean leaving Silver behind. The wolf could always fend for himself, but before Tom could make a decision, Elenna leaped to the ground.

“There’s Silver!” Elenna shouted, pointing as the wolf darted into the mouth of a small cave, half-hidden in the mountainside. “Silver!” she yelled above the gathering roar of the rockslide. “I have to get him,” she cried, running toward the cave.

Tom looked up and saw the rocks and debris hurtling down the mountainside toward them. Silver barked wildly, running back and forth into the cave. The rockslide was almost on top of them!

Elenna reached Silver as the first pieces of rock rained down. Storm reared up, kicking the air.

“We’ve got to get out of the way!” Tom cried. “Or we’re going to be buried alive!”

Tom brought Storm under control and turned him around. He didn’t want to abandon Elenna and Silver, but he had a plan. Leaning forward in the saddle, he urged the horse into a gallop down the mountainside. Rocks hurtled through the air.

“Faster, Storm!” Tom urged. “Come on —” He broke off with a cry of pain as a chunk of rock cracked into his shoulder and knocked him off Storm. He felt himself falling through the air. He hit the path with a bone-jarring thud. The pain washed over him, and he could feel himself blacking out. “I have to stay awake,” he murmured, forcing his eyes open. But his vision was blurry. He heard the clatter of Storm’s hooves disappear into the roar. Without thinking, he rolled over into a small ditch next to the path.

Then the tidal wave of rubble and debris poured past him. His mouth and eyes filled with grit. He squeezed them shut.

Soon, everything went quiet again. For long, silent seconds he didn’t dare to open his eyes. When he did, the world was dark and he was covered in the dust and silt thrown up by the rocks that had hurtled past.

Gasping for air, he looked over and saw that Storm, too, was covered in silt, but otherwise unharmed.

“Elenna! Silver!” he called out, straining to hear a response. After a few long seconds, he heard the muffled sound of barking. They were still alive — but the cave was sealed shut by the rockslide.

Tom climbed his way up to the blocked entrance. “Elenna!”

Barely, he could hear her cries for help. He began to scrape away some of the tightly packed dirt.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.