The Battle of the Labyrinth

Author:Rick Riordan
Language: pt
Format: mobi
ISBN: 1423101499
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2009-06-05T04:00:00+00:00

I wanted to tell her to stop complaining. She was doing great! She should just answer the questions so we could leave. “These aren’t riddles,” Annabeth said. “What do you mean?” the sphinx snapped. “Of course they are. This test material is specially designed—” “It’s just a bunch of dumb, random facts,” Annabeth insisted. “Riddles are supposed to make you think.” “Think?” The Sphinx frowned. “How am I supposed to test whether you can think? That’s ridiculous! Now, how much force is required—” “Stop!” Annabeth insisted. “This is a stupid test.” “Um, Annabeth,” Grover cut in nervously. “Maybe you should just, you know, finish first and complain later?” “I’m a child of Athena,” she insisted. “And this is an insult to my intelligence. I won’t answer these questions.” Part of me wsa impressed with her for standing up like that. But part of me thought her pride was going to get us all killed. The spotlights glared. The Sphinx’s eyes glittered pure black. “Why then, my dear,” the monster said calmly. “If you won’t pass, you fail. And since we can’t allow any children to be held back, you’ll be EATEN!” The Sphinx bared her claws, which gleamed like stainless steel. She pounced at the podium. “No!” Tyson charged. He hates it when people threaten Annabeth, but I couldn’t believe he was being so brave, especially since he’d had such a bad experience with a Sphinx before. He tackled the Sphinx in midair and they crashed sideways into a pile of bones. This gave Annabeth just enough time to gather her wits and draw her knife. Tyson got up, his shirt clawed to shreds. The Sphinx growled, looking for an opening. I drew Riptide and stepped in front of Annabeth. “Turn invisible,” I told her. “I can fight!” “No!” I yelled. “The Sphinx is after you! Let us get it.” As if to prove my point, the Sphinx knocked Tyson aside and tried to charge past me. Grover poked her in the eye with somebody’s leg bone. She screeched in pain. Annabeth put on her cap and vanished. The Sphinx pounced right were she’d been standing, but came up with empty paws. “No fair!” the Sphinx wailed. “Cheater!”

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