Hector Afloat by Elizabeth Shreeve

Author:Elizabeth Shreeve
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ALADDIN PAPERBACKS
Published: 2004-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

It was a short song so he sang it over and over. He pulled at the oars again and again. His legs began to ache, and the ache in his legs made him forget the sadness in his heart.

Chapter Eight

Message in a Bottle

Hector paddled and the sun burned the fog into patches over the water. Sunshine peeked through for a moment; then mist whirled back like curtains closing. When it opened again, Hector saw two bright pieces of color floating toward him. He stopped rowing and pulled them in.

They were bottles-the wolf spider’s bottles. One was bright purple. The other was red. Hector drained their contents into the water and set them down with his flowers.

What could a wumblebug do with a bottle? Hector nibbled on a blossom and thought of Henriette. He missed her. Without her he would still be stuck on the stick. He would send her a note.

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