Riddle of Green by Isobelle Carmody

Author:Isobelle Carmody
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780375893001
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2009-01-20T22:00:00+00:00

After a time, the wander came to sit with Little Fur and Ofred. “The lemmings have told me that you are seeking the earth spirit,” he said.

“Yes, I have been cut off from the flow of earth magic,” said Little Fur. “The Sett Owl told me that if I would rejoin the flow, I must follow Ofred’s dreams and they would lead me to the source.”

“The Sett Owl,” murmured Wander slowly, as if he were tasting the flavor of the name. “Do you know, it was the Sett Owl who set me to traveling in the first place. There was a great restlessness of questions in me, and when I heard talk of a seer living in a beaked house, I went and made my offering. The Sett Owl said there was no cure for such curiosity. Indeed, she seemed to think it a gift rather than a burden. She said that I ought to try wandering while I wondered, because at least that would use up the restlessness. I have been wandering and wondering ever since.” He was silent for a while; then he glanced at Ofred, who had fallen into a doze again.

“The lemmings said he was their guide,” the wander murmured.

“The Sett Owl told them that if they followed Ofred, they would find the new territory they need, and that those who followed him to the end would find a strange and wondrous home. But I think lemmings are not much interested in strangeness.” Little Fur looked at Ofred. “It is hard to believe that the dreams of one small lemur can lead the lemmings to a new territory, as well as remind Danger how to shapeshift and bring me to the earth spirit.”

“That explains why he smells of madness,” said Wander. “It is a hard thing to live a life led by dreams.”

The shadows were long when the road serpent slowed down and began to struggle up a steep incline that brought them out of the valley and back onto the grassy plain. The rails curved inland slightly for a time, and Little Fur caught a glimpse of the cloudlike ice mountains far away on the horizon. They made her think of Nobody and wonder what was happening to her. Little Fur could not imagine Sorrow failing to rescue her.

“Do you remember anything of your past?” Wander asked Danger as they all sat together in the thin sunlight that shone through the ragged clouds fleeting across the sky. The day was coming to a close, and the road serpent was now traveling over stony broken flatlands. The wind was strong, and damp with the promise of rain.

“I remember a hot, wet land,” said Danger. He was stretched out full-length, his black chin resting on his crossed paws. “I saw a black shape full of deadliness that was as graceful as flowing water. I wanted to know how it would feel to be so soft and yet so deadly, so I took its shape. That is when the humans caught me in their nets.

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