![]() Skidding to a stop on the other side, he landed in a pile of leaves and quickly stood up. ![]() He was tall enough, strong enough, a good runner and jumper, to make it across so he speeded up and crossed the pit with little effort. ![]() Without warning, he reached a small clearing bordered by a gully, a remnant of the river’s previous path, that blocked their way. Athdar paused for a moment and then raced off, calling for the others to follow him. Glancing around, he realised that nothing looked familiar to him. After some time and distance, the sound of the river quieted, telling Athdar that their path had changed. Laughing, they followed the sounds ahead of them as the creature outraced them. Deer or some other wild animal-it mattered not to him what the target-scampered ahead of them as the sun’s light flickered through the leaves and branches above them. There! Something moved and he called out orders once more. Following the rough path along the river, he sought any sign of movement deep in the shadows. ‘Our enemies have taken to the woods!’Īthdar led his friends, two his cousins and two the sons of a villager, all almost the same age as him, through the thick growth of trees and bushes. With his wooden sword brandished high in the air, he pointed deeper into the forest and nodded. ‘Come with me!’ Athdar called out like the commander of his father’s warriors would. ![]()
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