Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
He
ran
toward
the
sound
,
his
brother
racing
beside
him
.
The
stone
dens
rose
before
them
,
walls
slick
and
wet
.
He
bared
his
teeth
,
but
the
man
-
rock
took
no
notice
.
A
gate
loomed
up
,
a
black
iron
snake
coiled
tight
about
bar
and
post
.
When
he
crashed
against
it
,
the
gate
shuddered
and
the
snake
clanked
and
slithered
and
held
.
Through
the
bars
he
could
look
down
the
long
stone
burrow
that
ran
between
the
walls
to
the
stony
field
beyond
,
but
there
was
no
way
through
.
He
could
force
his
muzzle
between
the
bars
,
but
no
more
.
Many
a
time
his
brother
had
tried
to
crack
the
black
bones
of
the
gate
between
his
teeth
,
but
they
would
not
break
.
They
had
tried
to
dig
under
,
but
there
were
great
flat
stones
beneath
,
half
-
covered
by
earth
and
blown
leaves
.
Snarling
,
he
paced
back
and
forth
in
front
of
the
gate
,
then
threw
himself
at
it
once
more
.
It
moved
a
little
and
slammed
him
back
.
Locked
,
something
whispered
.
Chained
.
The
voice
he
did
not
hear
,
the
scent
without
a
smell
.
The
other
ways
were
closed
as
well
.
Where
doors
opened
in
the
walls
of
man
-
rock
,
the
wood
was
thick
and
strong
.
There
was
no
way
out
.
There
is
,
the
whisper
came
,
and
it
seemed
as
if
he
could
see
the
shadow
of
a
great
tree
covered
in
needles
,
slanting
up
out
of
the
black
earth
to
ten
times
the
height
of
a
man
.
Yet
when
he
looked
about
,
it
was
not
there
.
The
other
side
of
the
godswood
,
the
sentinel
,
hurry
,
hurry
.
.
.
Отключить рекламу
Through
the
gloom
of
night
came
a
muffled
shout
,
cut
short
.
Swiftly
,
swiftly
,
he
whirled
and
bounded
back
into
the
trees
,
wet
leaves
rustling
beneath
his
paws
,
branches
whipping
at
him
as
he
rushed
past
.
He
could
hear
his
brother
following
close
.
They
plunged
under
the
heart
tree
and
around
the
cold
pool
,
through
the
blackberry
bushes
,
under
a
tangle
of
oaks
and
ash
and
hawthorn
scrub
,
to
the
far
side
of
the
wood
.
.
.
and
there
it
was
,
the
shadow
he
’
d
glimpsed
without
seeing
,
the
slanting
tree
pointing
at
the
rooftops
.
Sentinel
,
came
the
thought
.
He
remembered
how
it
was
to
climb
it
then
.
The
needles
everywhere
,
scratching
at
his
bare
face
and
falling
down
the
back
of
his
neck
,
the
sticky
sap
on
his
hands
,
the
sharp
piney
smell
of
it
.
It
was
an
easy
tree
for
a
boy
to
climb
,
leaning
as
it
did
,
crooked
,
the
branches
so
close
together
they
almost
made
a
ladder
,
slanting
right
up
to
the
roof
.
Growling
,
he
sniffed
around
the
base
of
the
tree
,
lifted
a
leg
and
marked
it
with
a
stream
of
urine
.
A
low
branch
brushed
his
face
,
and
he
snapped
at
it
,
twisting
and
pulling
until
the
wood
cracked
and
tore
.
His
mouth
was
full
of
needles
and
the
bitter
taste
of
the
sap
.
He
shook
his
head
and
snarled
.
Отключить рекламу
His
brother
sat
back
on
his
haunches
and
lifted
his
voice
in
a
ululating
howl
,
his
song
black
with
mourning
.
The
way
was
no
way
.
They
were
not
squirrels
,
nor
the
cubs
of
men
,
they
could
not
wriggle
up
the
trunks
of
trees
,
clinging
with
soft
pink
paws
and
clumsy
feet
.
They
were
runners
,
hunters
,
prowlers
.
Off
across
the
night
,
beyond
the
stone
that
hemmed
them
close
,
the
dogs
woke
and
began
to
bark
.
One
and
then
another
and
then
all
of
them
,
a
great
clamor
.
They
smelled
it
too
;
the
scent
of
foes
and
fear
.
A
desperate
fury
filled
him
,
hot
as
hunger
.
He
sprang
away
from
the
wall
loped
off
beneath
the
trees
,
the
shadows
of
branch
and
leaf
dappling
his
grey
fur
.
.
.
and
then
he
turned
and
raced
back
in
a
rush
.
His
feet
flew
kicking
up
wet
leaves
and
pine
needles
,
and
for
a
little
time
he
was
a
hunter
and
an
antlered
stag
was
fleeing
before
him
and
he
could
see
it
,
smell
it
,
and
he
ran
full
-
out
in
pursuit
.
The
smell
of
fear
made
his
heart
thunder
and
slaver
ran
from
his
jaws
,
and
he
reached
the
falling
tree
in
stride
and
threw
himself
up
the
trunk
,
claws
scrabbling
at
the
bark
for
purchase
.
Upward
he
bounded
,
up
,
two
bounds
,
three
,
hardly
slowing
,
until
he
was
among
the
lower
limbs
.
Branches
tangled
his
feet
and
whipped
at
his
eyes
,
grey
-
green
needles
scattered
as
he
shouldered
through
them
,
snapping
.
He
had
to
slow
.
Something
snagged
at
his
foot
and
he
wrenched
it
free
,
snarling
.
The
trunk
narrowed
under
him
,
the
slope
steeper
,
almost
straight
up
,
and
wet
.
The
bark
tore
like
skin
when
he
tried
to
claw
at
it
.
He
was
a
third
of
the
way
up
,
halfway
,
more
,
the
roof
was
almost
within
reach
.
.
.
and
then
he
put
down
a
foot
and
felt
it
slip
off
the
curve
of
wet
wood
,
and
suddenly
he
was
sliding
,
stumbling
.
He
yowled
in
fear
and
fury
,
falling
,
falling
,
and
twisted
around
while
the
ground
rushed
up
to
break
him
.
.
.