Seven Wonders book 2: Lost in Babylon
“CHAPTER THIRTY CAREFUL!
THE AROMA OF burning penetrated the night air. When we ran around the Hanging Gardens and reached the door to the cavernous room, Kranag was gone. A massive black shape flapped its wings nearby, from the base of the Archimedes screw. Zoo-kulululu! Cack! Cack! Cack!
“Careful!” Aly warned.
We watched in astonishment as the bird used its beak to turn the crank. Water began spilling from the broken mechanism into a wooden bucket. When it was full, the bird grabbed the bucket...’s handle and flew off in the direction of the cottage.
Marco shook his head, hard. “Am I hallucinating?”
People said he can become an animal himself . . . That was what Daria had said. “It’s him,” I said. “Kranag.”
“That bird is Kranag?” Aly whispered.
I nodded. “He’s trying to save his home.”
“The flames will roast him,” Cass said.
I felt the pang of guilt. Setting fires went against everything I had ever been taught. I reminded myself that Kranag had wanted to kill us.MoreLess
THE AROMA OF burning penetrated the night air. When we ran around the Hanging Gardens and reached the door to the cavernous room, Kranag was gone. A massive black shape flapped its wings nearby, from the base of the Archimedes screw. Zoo-kulululu! Cack! Cack! Cack!
“Careful!” Aly warned.
We watched in astonishment as the bird used its beak to turn the crank. Water began spilling from the broken mechanism into a wooden bucket. When it was full, the bird grabbed the bucket...’s handle and flew off in the direction of the cottage.
Marco shook his head, hard. “Am I hallucinating?”
People said he can become an animal himself . . . That was what Daria had said. “It’s him,” I said. “Kranag.”
“That bird is Kranag?” Aly whispered.
I nodded. “He’s trying to save his home.”
“The flames will roast him,” Cass said.
I felt the pang of guilt. Setting fires went against everything I had ever been taught. I reminded myself that Kranag had wanted to kill us.MoreLess
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