Raffie on the Run by Jacqueline Resnick

Author:Jacqueline Resnick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

“City Tours,” I read slowly. “It’s the bus stop!” There’s another line on the bottom of the sign. It takes me a while, but finally I read, “Tours from 8–8 daily.”

Kaz looks at the sky. It’s pitch black. The only light comes from street lamps and the windows of buildings.

“I hate to tell you this, but it’s definitely after eight.” Kaz lies down under the bush and adjusts his bruised wing. “Looks like we’re spending the night.”

“No. No way.” I pace in a circle around Kaz. “We can’t waste a whole night sleeping! Oggie is lost. Who knows what could happen by morning? What if the E word comes? What if we’re too late?” I nudge Kaz with my snout. “We have to keep going.”

Kaz closes his eyes. He cocks his head. He spreads out his nonbruised wing and flexes his talons.

“What are you doing?” I ask impatiently.

“I’m listening to my brain compass.” The green feathers on his neck ruffle. He opens his eyes. “I can feel Central Park, Raffie, deep in my feathers. And let me tell you: it’s not close. Not even a little bit.” He shakes his beak. “I want to get to Central Park just as badly as you. You know I do. But we need that bus to get there.” I open my snout to argue, but Kaz cuts me off. “We’ll take the first bus in the morning,” he says. “I’m telling you. This is the fastest way.”

I close my snout. I know he’s right. But all I can think about is Oggie, spending the night alone in a cage. He needs me, and here I am, resting under a bush, like I don’t have a care in the world. I fight back a yawn. “I can’t just go to sleep with Oggie in trouble,” I say.

Kaz’s head droops sleepily toward his wing. He forces it back up. “Then we won’t sleep,” he says. “We’ll … make a plan.”

“A plan could be good,” I say reluctantly. I rest my snout on my paws. “And we could get a lot of planning done in a full night.” The thought cheers me up, just a little. “Okay. By the time that bus comes, we’ll be ready for anything.”

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