The Hunt for the Cursed Unicorn by Alex Bell
Author:Alex Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780861546015
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Does everything want to kill us in this terrible place?â Beau muttered as they parked their go-carts inside the garage.
He took the message from the puppet pigeon and opened it. âThe Train of Dark Wonders is here,â he told the others. âThey want to know where to meet us.â
Frankie transformed back into a human, spitting out a few stray cactus spikes, while Bess and Beau studied the almanac map together. There were train tracks across the salt flats, but they ran out at the nearest volcano.
âThe train will just have to go around,â Bess said. âThere are tracks all the way to the forest. We can meet up with them there.â
âIâll send a message back,â Beau said. He scribbled a note on the other side of the one the professor had sent and gave it to the pigeon. The bird spread its wings and flapped up into the air, disappearing into the night. It looked odd seeing such a plump puppet flying, but Bess guessed it was all part of the magic.
âItâs late,â Louie said. âWe should make shelter here for the night.â
They all agreed this was a sensible plan. The garage not only had a roof but a selection of rock cakes too. They were piled up on a counter in one corner, amid spare wheels for the go-carts, a variety of tools and small high-vis jackets.
Frankie examined one of the jackets. âThese look like theyâd fit a kid who was, what, five or six? But we havenât seen any children around. Do you think they could be hiding just out of sight, watching us?â
This was an unpleasant thought, especially when they were all about to settle down to sleep.
âIâll put my fire lion on guard,â Maria said. âHeâll alert us if any tap-dancing flamingos, or worse, come wandering in while weâre trying to sleep. Did the almanac say anything about cursed children?â
âYikes, thatâs all we need,â Beau said. âI mean, I like weird and interesting stuff, but thereâs a limit.â
âThey might be children like us who came to visit and then got attacked by something that turned them into cursed versions of themselves?â Louie suggested. âA bit like when I got bitten by that werewolf in the Land of Moon Wolves.â
âWell, I donât think there are any cursed children in the almanac,â Beau said. âBut I guess we should take another look.â
They combed carefully through the pages, but there was no mention of children â cursed or otherwise.
âThey make excellent rock cakes, whoever they are,â Frankie said, licking her fingers appreciatively. âAnd a creature that makes a good rock cake canât be all that bad, in my experience.â
âI hope youâre right,â Beau grumbled.
He looked a bit fed up and tired, so Frankie handed him another rock cake.
âWeâll find your mum, Beau,â Bess said. âDonât worry. If we can face zombie ducks, haunted lobsters, dread deer and encore flamingos and live to tell the tale, then Iâm sure we can defeat the Grooms, whoever they are.â
She only hoped there might be a decent guard animal somewhere along the way too.
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