"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 05 - The Predator (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

Some big barnlike structure was ahead of me. It looked like one of those
old-fashioned covered bridges.

Huh. Probably an old matchbox.

I went in, trotting along on my six jointed legs.

Wait. I wasn't moving anymore.

What the . . . ?

I tried to run.

16 I was stuck!

I tried again. One leg was free, but the others were frozen in place.
What was ... I felt around with my antennae.

Now my antennae were stuck!

I couldn't move. I couldn't move at all!

I was trapped!

17 5o?" Rachel demanded. "What was it? How did you get trapped?"

"I'll bet I know," Marco said, grinning sardon ically, which is the only
way he knows how to grin. "Jake checked in, but he couldn't check out."

I nodded. "Roach Motel. I walked into a stu pid Roach Motel. I ran right
onto the sticky paper and, man, I could not move. Very frustrating."

"You know, you could do commercials for the Roach Motel company," Marco
suggested. "Take it from me, Roach Boy, these things really work."

It was later in the day, and we were in Cassie's barn. Rachel, Marco,
Tobias, Cassie, and me. As usual, the place was filled with wire cages, and

18 the cages were filled with animals. Rabbits, foxes, baby deer,
eagles, opossums, mourning doves, all of them injured or sick. Some of
them feisty and ready to be released.

We were lounging around on bales of hay and piles of feed sacks. All
except Tobias, who was up in the rafters high overhead, and Cassie, who
was feeding some of the animals.

Everyone seemed to think my roach experi ment was funny.

Except for Cassie. Cassie was the only one not smiling. She was giving