"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 05 - The Predator (3)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

less-than Now, listen to me. Because I could just as
easily squeeze you out like a tube of toothpaste.
So pay attention. You have been using cattle
prods on your elephants. That is a no-no.
greater-than
"But
..."
he gasped. "They
...
are
...
my
...
property!"
This man was just not getting the message.
So I extended my trunk a little and held him right
over the tip of my left tusk. Like a worm about
to be placed on
fishing
hook.
less-than With one twitch of my trunk I can
make you
a shish kebab.
Now
are you going to listen to
me8greater-than
"Yes! Ves! I'm listening," he said. "I am
listening very closely."
less-than No more cattle prods. No more pain of
any kind. Do you understand me8greater-than
"y-y-y-yes."
less-than Because I'll be watching. And if you
ever,
ever
hurt an elephant again . . . ever. . . I'll
come back for you. And I will squeeze you till you
pop like an overcooked hot dog. Do you under
stand me8greater-than
"y-y-y-yes."
less-than Josep, can you fly8greater-than
"What? Can I fly? No. No, of course not."
less-than l'll bet you ceagreater-than I said.
And with that, I low
ered my trunk almost to the ground. Then, with a
sudden toss of my head and a deft twist of my
trunk, I sent Josep Something flying.
He landed safely atop a tent. About, oh,
twenty feet away.
"Nowcan
we go home?" Cassie asked.