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The dragon bent his head "As soon as the moon has risen in the sky Admittedly I haven’t had much sleep recently, but I’ll make up for that later Now I just want to start the journey How about you, Sorrel?"

"No proble her stomach "Or rather, yes, there is just a tiny little problem"

Firedrake looked at her in surprise "What is it?"

Burr-Burr-Chan cleared his throat "I’d like to come, too," he said "I could teach row cultivated on riders again," he said "All the better" He turned to the she-dragon, as standing beside hi her scales "But what about you, Maia?" asked Firedrake "Can you find your way back to the Rim of Heaven on your own?"

"Of course" Maia raised her head and looked at hi back Shi with you"

Firedrake’s heart leaped with joy All of a sudden, he hardlyfor him on his return

"After all, suppose they don’t believe you at hohts "If I’ proof that you found us and the Riether I’ons!" Barnabas Greenblooers, ons to find places to hide during the day"

"Don’t worry about that!" Lola Graytail scae feet and claws "You see before you the best pilot they could possibly have! And as it happens, I’ons will have to adjust toback already?" asked Twigleg in surprise, looking down fro?"

"Surveying? Huh!" The rat waved a dis to invent things I’ to fake the map of these parts so cleverly that no one will ever find the Rim of Heaven" She smoothed her ears with satisfaction "What do you say to that?"

Firedrake bent down his neck to the little rat and gently nuzzled her fat hindquarters "We say thank you And we’d be even rateful to you and your uncle if such a map idely distributed"

"Oh, it will be," replied Lola "You bet it will Uncle Gilbert has a very select circle of custoe extended fahtened up again "Then ht on my back? Will you coon "I’ll even carry some of the older ones, if they like"

And so it was that the farh their fields in the dusk, sao dragons circling above thelike little children, sat the monks of the monastery, even the very oldest of them

57 Good News

Twobreakfast Ben had just helped himself to a second roll when Barnabas suddenly spoke up from behind his newspaper

"Good heavens!"

"Really?" said Twigleg who, as usual, was sitting on the table next to Ben’s plate "You mean the forecast pro his newspaper "I didn’tThere’s a news story here that ought to interest you all"

"About Pegasus, perhaps?" asked his wife, stirring milk into her coffee

Barnabas Greenblooot another bulldozer stuck in the ers

"Wrong again," replied her father