Lilu's Book by Jan Bozarth

Author:Jan Bozarth
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780375893360
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-05-09T21:00:00+00:00

When I had a pile of ribbon on the deck, I heard something coming from the trees.

Plop. Plop, plop.

Marsh frogs? I almost turned to look, but the ribbons began to fade when my attention wandered.

I shoved away my fear and calmed my shaking hands. Nothing had changed except that I needed to act faster now.

I imagined the tight weave of surgical masks and began to work, quickly creating a mask big enough to cover Hanna’s nose and mouth. The fragrant ribbon fought me, trying to curl or drift out of my grasp, but I strengthened my will and my hold on the strands and wove them even tighter. Soon I bit off one complete scent mask and fit it over Hanna’s ears.

The waters around the boat were beginning to ripple.

The second mask was easier than the first, despite my tremors. Then I heard thumps on the bottom of the boat. Something—or some things—was jumping out of the water, trying to get into the boat, which was still hovering a foot or two above the water.

I tied off the final knot on the second mask as Hanna began to sit up. I scrambled over to Jo and fit the mask over her nose and mouth. She had been out for so long. I was worried.

The thumping sounded like hard rain pounding on the bottom of the boat. One reddish-brown frog cleared the side and landed by my leg.

“Don’t let it touch you!” screamed Hanna.

I grabbed the mallet again and swatted the frog off the boat.

Hanna began pounding a rapid beat on the drums, and we blasted off.

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