Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Ridley Pearson EPUB &PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Ridley Pearson
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THE GATHERING
THE OLD MAN TRUDGED ALONG THE DIRT PATH, pulling his worn
coat tighter to ward off the cold wind moaning across the Salisbury Plain.
Dusk was near, and the man was glad to see his destination, the village of
Amesbury, come into view.
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The man glanced toward the cluster of massive dark stones looming in
the distance to his left. He had lived near Stonehenge his whole life, and
until recently he had considered it an unremarkable feature of the
landscape. But in the past few weeks—since the night of the strange lights
in the sky—he found that his eyes were drawn to the stones.
The old man turned his head away, disgusted with himself. He was a
sensible person; he was not one to believe the stories that had been swirling
through the village since that night—stories of evil spirits roaming among
the stones, of animals behaving oddly, of people experiencing strange
sensations.…
“Rubbish,” the man muttered to himself as he quickened his pace.
CAW! CAW! CAW!
The bird’s cry startled the man. He looked up and saw a large raven
swooping across the plain. The man stopped and watched as it passed low
in front of him. He was watching the bird, not the ground, so he did not see
its shadow pass across his.
But he felt it.
He didn’t know it was a shadow; he thought it was a chill. A shudder
went through his body, and he drew his coat even tighter. He felt suddenly
light-headed and staggered sideways. Catching himself, he started walking
again—but not along the path. He veered to the right, toward a clump of
trees. He didn’t know why he did this; he wasn’t thinking clearly.
He reached the trees and saw the strangest sight: animals, a dozen at
least—a fox, a rabbit, two dogs, some squirrels, several birds, and a cat.
They were lined up in a neat row, perfectly still, ignoring each other,
watching the man approach.
The old man stopped about ten feet away; again, he had no idea why.
For a moment he stood facing the animals. Then the fox trotted forward, but
not directly to the man; it passed by him, such that its shadow crossed his.
As it did, two things happened: the man felt another shuddering chill, and
the fox looked at him as if suddenly aware of his presence, then ran off.
Next, one of the dogs came forward, and it repeated the fox’s actions—
crossing shadows with the man, then running away. It was followed by the
other dog and, one by one, the other animals.
Each time, the man felt the chill. But now he also felt something else—
a new presence…a presence growing inside him. It was weak, but the man
could feel it grow stronger as each animal scampered away, and he
understood that whatever it was, it was coming from the animals into him.
He understood this, but there was nothing he could do about it except
watch, as if in a dream.
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