"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 26 - The Attack" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)the Howlers."
The argument hit home with Rachel. "Fair enough." have you chosen? a huge voice asked. I sighed. "Yeah, but can you give us a few days to -" I was staring into a face not even a mother could love. "Howler?" I asked shakily. no, iskoort, the Ellimist said. your families WILL NOT KNOW YOU HAVE GONE. BUT IF YOU DIE ... He let that hang. He didn't have to explain further. "When does this fight start?" I cried, recoiling from the Iskoort face thrusting toward me. IT HAS BEGUN. 33 ?Who invented this place, Dr. Seuss?" Marco demanded. We were miles in the air. Miles from the ground, which we could see just over the edge of the platform. The platform with no railing, no warning. The platform that just stopped suddenly. Below us was a twisting, leaning, propped-up-on-gigantic-support-beams structure of other platforms. Floors, I guess, all stuck here and there, sticking far out and not so far. Above us was more of the same, till you'd swear the monstrous construction would reach the moon, assuming the Iskoort had a moon. 34 All of this was built of brilliantly colored blocks or bricks or segments. Imagine that someone starts with all the Legos in the world. Add in all the Duplos and cheap bargain Duplos and let some humongous kid assemble them all into a tower a hundred miles tall. Assume that no sensible adult ever becomes involved, except to come along occasionally and wedge in what looks like crutches the size of |
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