Doona #01 - Decision at Doona by Anne McCaffrey

Author:Anne McCaffrey [McCaffrey, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fiction, General, Space Opera
ISBN: 9780345353771
Google: Aznt7icdjC0C
Amazon: 0345353773
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 1969-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

was sore from unaccustomed exertions, and tempers were short. Yet they were able to turn out an incredible amount of work. Ken, jouncing on the tractor-sled seat as he drove it back toward the barn site with the day’s final load of logs, gazed out across the meadow where the horses were grazing. Hrrula, who had worked as hard as anyone, was stalking the stallion. Reeve grinned. Hrrula’s fascination with horses was surpassed only by Todd’s obsession with Hrruban tails.

Ken hoped there hadn’t been another crisis involving Todd today. Kate and Ezra had been generous yesterday but Todd—Ken stopped that line of thought. It wasn’t Todd’s fault that he was different from the other children; that he refused to be conditioned to cramped spaces, to play games that required no space, that he made noise and could not be pressured into unchildish quiet.

When he reached the front yard, there was Todd, happily and dirtily erecting a series of twig houses. His arms and legs were scratched in countless places. The heel of one hand was skinned and there was dried grass in his hair. His coverall, fortunately made of an indestructible fabric, was encrusted with mud.

“Hey, Todd, how’d you do today with Patrick Eckerd?” he greeted his son cheerfully. The wary look he received in return braced him.

“Patrick Eckerd does not know how to swim,” was Pat’s opening phrase.

“Huh? You mean Todd does?”

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