Наталия Боголюбова – A Peacock Song (страница 3)

They looked at each other. None of them were chewing peanuts at the moment. But someone in the room was!

“We must get out!” Raja said, his voice rising to a hysterical whine. “Out! Out of here! Now!”

“Wait a moment!” Krish looked at the elephant figurine more intently. The figurine turned its head and lifted its trunk in a greeting gesture. It said, “Thanks for the peanuts. They were so delicious. Hard to resist.”

“Oh…Are you alive or what? Who are you?” Krish was stunned.

“I’m Donut the Elephant,” the creature whispered. “Or rather, his small and bewitched version.”

CHAPTER FIVE

Amita the Juggler was searching Sparky’s dressing room. “The clown seems to be obsessed with shoes! There are so many of them! Does he change boots every hour? I doubt it. There must be another explanation! But now I can’t guess what these shoes and boots are for…”

“Wait a moment! I’ve got an idea! Sparky may be hiding something very special among all these shoes!” Amita exclaimed. She counted the boots and the shoes. Then she paired them and found an odd boot that had no pair.

“There might be something hidden in the boot heel,” she thought. Amita took scissors and ripped the heel off. A silver coin flashed inside, reflecting the faint light from the door.

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