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Show -:8- "V/owJ" said the youth. "That's a beauty. Is it really magic?" "What do you think," sneered Rogare. "Of course it is, - and I know how to use it. Of course, one couldn't expect a simple, ton like you to understand. That's why I should be king. It takes brains to make this spoon work. Furthermore, -" "Well, let's take it and get going," interrupted the soldier with the gruff voice. "No, the spoon is too bright. Daemon's guards will see it and get suspicious. We'll leave it here till morning. At dawn, the boy, here, can go down by the outer wall, and I'll rush in and push Daemon out the window. Meanwhile, Pupa, you get the spoon and fetch it to me - your new ruler! You shall both be my royal assistants!" The men put Verus back, and started up the path. Sandy waited until they were gone, and then crept over to the glowing rock. She pushed it aside and picked up the spoon. "I'm taking you home!" she whispered. She put Verus into her pocket and started up the path. As she emerged from the fog, she saw guards from the castle searching the path with torches. "I saw her, I tell ya! I saw that crazy girl run down this path!" "She's dead - she fell over the cliff!" "I saw her, I tell ya!" Sandy ducked back into the fog, and hid behind a boulder. |