A sinking feeling.
You slowly wade up the path but you are still sinking and must find a better way of travelling fairly soon. Just then you see a large hump heading straight for you. You prepare yourself for an attack but nothing happens. You look up and see that there is a head sticking up in front of the hump. You realise that it must be some form of turtle or tortoise.
You just ignore it and continue along the path, but to your surprise the turtle speaks to you. "I"ll give you a ride out of this swamp if you have something to offer me in exchange?", he says. You think for a moment then remember that you have some food to offer him.
He agrees to take you in exchange for food and you all climb aboard. He takes you to a large building with the south and east walls in ruins and the north and west walls look like they could crumble at any moment.
© copyright Rachel James 1998
