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Show Chapter Eight Sandy stood, paralyzed with fear, as the insects started crawling over her shoes, emitting a low whistling sound which sent chills down her back. Instantly the chicks were at her feet, gobbling up the spiders. The girl kicked 'her feet violently against the cave wall to knock the spiders off, and the soft earth crumbled under her blows. Seeing this, she grabbed a rock and knocked a chunk out of the wall. As the spiders again started crawling on her shoes, she gripped the gash in the. wall with her free hand and pulled herself up above the ground. She continued to hammer out notches and worked her way up until she reached a large crack in the wall. Dropping the rock, Sandy grasped the edge of the fissure with both hands and pulled herself inside. Her chicks, following the whistling of the spiders, were gorging themselves. "So thats what they eat!" she shuddered. The crack was wide enough for her to stand, so she edged further inside, where she discovered a narrow staircase chipped from rock. She climbed up the staircase, and, as it abruptly turned, found herself against a blank wall! As the girl wondered what to do, she heard a muffled roar, followed by a loud, vibrating crash. The staircase shook violently, knocking her to her knees, and the wall in front of her split wid? open. Scrambling to her feet, she dashed through, only to fall again as the wall slammed shut behind her. She lay still where she had fallen until the ground stopped shaking. The roaring continued. Her heart pounding, Sandy looked up. Before her gushed the |