"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 17 - The Underground" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)


Ax demanded. name before^

"Ah-nuld?" Marco demanded. "Who iss Ah-nuld? Ah-nuld iss der man, zat's
who Ah-nuld iss."



"The man," Marco explained, explaining nothing.

We were walking through the woods. It was a nice afternoon and school
was out for the day. We'd had a half day due to some teacher conference.
I don't know what the teachers were conferring about, but it was fine by
me. The sun was out. The clouds were fluffy and light, with big sweeps
of blue in between. The breeze was warm but not hot. Sitting in school
on a day like that would have been a crime.

And since we didn't have anything important to deal with, we were
conspiring together to do the thing we were never supposed to do: use
our powers for personal, selfish reasons.

But it was tricky, see, because we knew Jake, my cousin and our sort-of
leader, might get all tense and righteous on us. Not that he's that way

5 at all. He isn't. But he's very responsible. Someone has to be, and it
sure isn't me.

Still, if he decided to go along with this basically silly idea, we'd do
it. If he decided to be against it, we might not do it. Or else Marco
and I would do it and not tell Jake.

The trick was to present it the right way.

"See, Jake?" Marco said. "You see how totally, pathetically ignorant Ax
is when it comes to really important human cultural stuff? Good grief!
It makes you want to cry! He knows nothing. Nothing! He's been on Earth
for months and yet, has he experienced any really important human
culture? No. And it's a travesty. A crime. A pity. A shame. It's a -"

"Oh, shu-u-ut up already," Jake interrupted in exasperation. "Let me get
this straight. There's a new Planet Hollywood opening in town. And you
and Rachel have decided you want to go, but you can't get tickets. So
you want to fly there in morph. You want to use our powers for a totally
selfish purpose. Is that it, basically?"

I shook my head. "No. Absolutely not. We want to do this for Ax. He
needs to be exposed to culture. Me, I don't care." I grinned, unable to
lie all that well.