"Tim Lahaye - Left Behind Kids 12 - Earthquake!" - читать интересную книгу автора (LaHaye Tim)

The treetop rammed through the opening of the back window and stopped within inches of Mrs.
JennessтАЩs head. The car hung by the tree, a foot above the surface of the water.

тАЬWe have to get out,тАЭ Vicki said.

тАЬIf the tree breaks, weтАЩre dead. And if the water level rises, the tree will hold us under.тАЭ

тАЬStay here,тАЭ Mrs. Jenness said.

тАЬWait for help.тАЭ

Vicki noticed a red gash on the womanтАЩs forehead. She must have hit the steering wheel hard. Part of
Vicki wanted to leave her. Mrs.

Jenness had been no end of trouble for the Young Trib Force. But something inside wouldnтАЩt let her.

тАЬWe go together,тАЭ Vicki said.

тАЬIтАЩll get out and pull you through the other side.тАЭ

Vicki struggled through the window. The car top was crushed. She cut her hand on a piece of glass that
clung to the windshield, but she didnтАЩt let go. The river rose, and the rushing water and trembling earth
were deafening.

When she got to Mrs. Jenness, Vicki looked back in horror as the bridge collapsed. Huge concrete
pylons snapped like twigs. Cars were trapped in the twisting metal. Vicki braced herself as a huge wave
swept over them and nearly knocked her off. When the wave passed, Vicki coughed and saw the water
pouring in the windows.

тАЬGive me your hand!тАЭ Vicki shouted above the noise.

Then it happened. Darkness. The sun went black. Vicki heard the roar of the earth and water, but she
saw nothing. She felt helpless.

Vicki hung on to the roof as another violent rumble nearly shook the tree loose. A cracking, an
explosion, and another deafening shake sent the water swirling around them. Vicki reached into the car
and realized the water level was going down.

тАЬYou still there?тАЭ Vicki screamed.
тАЬI think so,тАЭ came the weak reply.

тАЬTurn on your lights!тАЭ

Vicki yelled. The beams cut through the darkness. Vicki blinked and wiped her eyes. She couldnтАЩt
believe it. The earth had opened from one side of the river to the other into a bottomless chasm. Water
cascaded into the hole but didnтАЩt fill it. It looked like the hole just kept going to the center of the earth.
The riverbed was changing, and water from both sides of the crevice rushed in. If they fell into the hole,
they would never be found. If they fell into the water on either side of the chasm, the current would drag
them into it as well.