"Patricia C. Wrede - Enchanted Forest 1 - Talking to Dragons" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wrede Patricia C)

better not to ask about.

"You're Daystar?" The lizard did something very tangled
very quickly and ended up balanced on his tail. "So you
are! Well, my goodness. I hadn't expected to see you around
here for a while yet."

"You were expecting me?"

"Of course." The lizard looked smug. "I know everything
that goes on in the Enchanted Forest. Absolutely everything!
I know you from your little forays in the Outer Forest; it
was only a matter of time before you got this far. I thought
it would take longer, though. I'm Suz, by the way."

"Pleased to meet you," I said.

"You are?" The lizard leaned forward and almost lost
his balance. "Yes, you really are! How positively extraor-

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dinary. Whatever are you doing in the Enchanted Forest?"

"I don't know," I said.

"You don't know!" The lizard did a backflip and scurried
up onto a fat tree root, where he would have a better view.
He balanced on his tail again and looked at me thoughtfully.
"If you don't know what you're doing, why are you here?"

I thought for a moment. "Do you really know everything
that happens in this forest?"

"Of course I do." Suz looked offended. An offended
lizard is an interesting sight.

"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything," I said
hastily. "I just wondered if you could tell me where this
came from." I touched the sword Mother had given me.

The lizard squinted in my general direction. "What? It's
on the wrong side of you, silly; bring it over where I can
see it. If it came from the Enchanted Forest, I can tell you
about it."

I lifted the sword, sheath and all, and twisted around so
the sword was on the same side of me as Suz. The lizard
promptly fell over backward.