Jake & the Giant (The Gryphon Chronicles, book 2)
“They were still screaming when it finally reached the top and wrenched to a halt.
A bell went bing! Again, the tree-trunk door slid open.
Snorri let out a queasy groan while Jake and Archie scrambled to find the latch on the iron door-grate. At last, they hauled it back and stumbled out to freedom.
They found themselves on a huge, broad balcony made of polished planks with an intricate railing of branches around the edges. The platform itself hugged the trunk of Yggdrasil, encirclin...g it like the crow’s nest high up on the mast of an old pirate ship.
“Sweet cerebellum,” Archie murmured in shock. He glanced at Snorri. “Is this Jugenheim?”
The giant shook his head dazedly, staring at the view. “No.”
“Then where are we?”
Snorri shrugged. “Yggdrasil.”
Jake slowly took a few steps forward, turning to look in every direction.MoreLess
A bell went bing! Again, the tree-trunk door slid open.
Snorri let out a queasy groan while Jake and Archie scrambled to find the latch on the iron door-grate. At last, they hauled it back and stumbled out to freedom.
They found themselves on a huge, broad balcony made of polished planks with an intricate railing of branches around the edges. The platform itself hugged the trunk of Yggdrasil, encirclin...g it like the crow’s nest high up on the mast of an old pirate ship.
“Sweet cerebellum,” Archie murmured in shock. He glanced at Snorri. “Is this Jugenheim?”
The giant shook his head dazedly, staring at the view. “No.”
“Then where are we?”
Snorri shrugged. “Yggdrasil.”
Jake slowly took a few steps forward, turning to look in every direction.MoreLess
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