The Frozen Menace by Ursula Vernon

Author:Ursula Vernon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Danny looked over at the egg. “Are there any eggshells?”

Wendell shook his head. “Only the egg.

“I guess we could break the egg,” said Wendell slowly, “but I don’t think that’d be good for the baby phoenix.”

Danny sighed. He wanted to breathe fire again, preferably before he froze to death, but there was no way he was going to hurt a baby phoenix to get the eggshell. Particularly not after the adult phoenix had saved his life.

Christiana came up to the edge of the nest, put her feet over, and slid down the rock. “The iceworms are really worked up,” she said. “I don’t think they can tunnel through rock, but they’re whacking themselves against the stones around this spot.”

As she spoke, a loud thud emphasized her words, followed by the pained roaring of the worms.

“Why do you think they’re so mad?” asked Wendell. “Or are they just hungry?”

“Maybe they were asleep,” said Danny. “I get pretty grumpy when somebody wakes me up in the middle of the night.” (Thud . . . thud . . . thud . . . roar . . .)

“Well, it is night,” said Christiana. “Like . . . Arctic night. Which lasts for months.”

“I wonder if there’s a relationship,” said Wendell. “The longer the night, the grumpier you are when you wake up in the middle of it. So if night lasts for six months—”

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