"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 11 - The Forgotten (3)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

trimmed green lawns and parked rectangles of cars and roads with dotted
white lines down the middle.

I flew on, across the homes, across the roads, to the school. Maybe it
was because of the picture in the magazine. Maybe that's why I wanted to
go there.

7 It was late morning now. The light was sharp and clean. I could see
through the windows of the classrooms.

There was Jake, unofficial leader of the Ani-morphs, looking like any
normal guy. He was lounging at his desk, feet stuck out in front. He was
sleepy and trying to keep his eyes open.

More than any other person alive, Jake held the future of the human race
in his hands. Strange to think, huh? That some big, sleepy kid in
sneakers and a jacket was the leader of the only resistance to the Yeerk
invasion of Earth?

As I watched, he nodded twice and slumped. The girl sitting behind him
leaned forward and gave him a gentle poke in the shoulder.

That was Cassie. Another member of our little group. Cassie has never
met an animal she didn't like. And she's never met a fashion she cared
about. She's small, compact but strong-looking. Not like she's muscular.
More like she's part of something bigger than herself. Like she's some
living extension of the earth.

Anyway, that's how I see her. Like some gentle soldier in the service of
nature itself. Corny, isn't it? Sorry, but I have a lot of time to
think. And I guess that makes me get too serious sometimes.

I swept by, high above, and turned the corner. In another classroom I
spotted Marco. He was

8 talking. This was not a surprise. The class began to laugh. The
teacher laughed, too, then looked exasperated, like she didn't want to
laugh. This was also not a surprise. That's Marco. The boy loves to be
the center of attention.

It took a while before I spotted the last human member of the Animorphs.
She wasn't in her usual classroom. In fact, I spotted her first in just
a brief glimpse, walking down the hall.

Then she stepped outside. Out into the empty quad that separated the
main building from the gym and the temporary buildings.

She stepped out into the sunlight, and her blond hair became a flame of
pure gold.