The Three Furies (Erec Rex) by Kaza Kingsley Page B
Authors: Kaza Kingsley
Tags: Fiction, General, Children's Books, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure - General, Fantasy & Magic, Ages 9-12 Fiction, Science Fiction; Fantasy; & Magic, Social Issues, Animals, Children: Grades 4-6, Dragons, Mythical, New Experience, Social Issues - New Experience
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name was--grabbed Zoey. He started throwing her into the air, and then he was juggling her with a bunch of balls."
"That was fun!" Zoey looked excited. "I went all the way to the ceiling."
June looked sick. "I panicked. Kookles was walking closer and closer to the window. I was afraid he would throw her out." She didn't look sure. "I told them they could have anything they wanted--anything. Dumpling told me to give her my magical glasses. Next thing Dumpling put on my glasses, and you know the rest."
Jam handed out shiny silver suits that they slipped over their clothing. "This is UnderWear," he explained. "It will keep you cool when you're deep under the Earth's surface, in Aorth." The fabric was slippery and stretched easily over everyone, expanding to their sizes.
Erec pulled his UnderWear on fast and scrawled a quick letter to Oscar while Jam helped the king into his silver pull-on outfit.
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Dear Oscar ,
Be careful working in the Green House, okay? I was thinking--if Rosco can read your mind, he must know that you're there, right? He probably knows you are spying on him. Don't do anything to make him angry. He'll show up wherever you are, and he's really powerful.
Thanks for trying to find out about Bethany.
Your Friend ,
Erec
"Hurry, guys," said Sammy. "I'll feel better when we leave this place."
"I'll go there with you," Erec said. "But I can't stay. King Piter and I have to go to the Oracle and find out how to get Bethany back."
The king breathed heavily. "Erec, I would like to go. But I'm afraid I'm just too weak. I'm sorry to let you down. Will you let me know what you find out there? I need to rest with your family, if that's okay."
Jam cleared his throat. "I would be more than happy to accompany young sir to the Oracle. Would you like some company?"
Erec grinned. "Sure, Jam. That would be great."
Jam bowed his head. "At your disposal."
June sighed. "Come right back, Erec. And let me know what you find out, okay?"
Erec nodded. The king was right about not being able to go along. Erec and Jam helped him walk down the hallway after the rest of his family.
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Jam dismissed the remaining servants, then pressed a few spots on the Port-O-Door maps and opened the door into an unexplored spot in Otherness so that Erec could toss his snail letter through. "Now to Aunt Salsa's. Hoods on, everyone." He pushed the red AORTH square. "Eight Anodyne Road."
A furnacelike blast of heat hit Erec in the face when Jam opened the door.
"Sorry, sire." Jam bowed his head to King Piter. "Do you think you can handle the heat while I ring her doorbell? I would have ushered you straight into her home but I haven't spoken to her yet."
The king nodded, and they all dragged themselves outside. The heat was like nothing Erec had experienced. His hair felt like it was melting and might explode into flames. He tried to speak, but his breath would not carry into the ovenlike temperature. But then his silver UnderWear suit puffed with cool air, blowing a steady stream up onto his face. He still felt warm but was amazingly comfortable.
"How hot is it here?" he asked Jam.
Jam's hair was blowing straight up from the cool breeze flowing from his UnderWear. "Probably a good hundred and seventy-five degrees, young sir. It can get up above two hundred in the summer."
Erec looked around. "So, this is Aorth." He had never seen anything like it. Tall spires of a city rose all around him. He had expected Jam's aunt Salsa to live in a quiet village, but this place seemed packed with more skyscrapers than New York City. The buildings looked sharper, too. Most were pointed on top, with barbed spires projecting from their sides. When Erec looked closer, he could see that each building was one solid slab of stone stretching from the ground to what must have been a thousand feet in the air. Small gaps in the stones served as windows, which most of the rooms in the buildings did not have. The stone towers sloped just a little from the bottom
"That was fun!" Zoey looked excited. "I went all the way to the ceiling."
June looked sick. "I panicked. Kookles was walking closer and closer to the window. I was afraid he would throw her out." She didn't look sure. "I told them they could have anything they wanted--anything. Dumpling told me to give her my magical glasses. Next thing Dumpling put on my glasses, and you know the rest."
Jam handed out shiny silver suits that they slipped over their clothing. "This is UnderWear," he explained. "It will keep you cool when you're deep under the Earth's surface, in Aorth." The fabric was slippery and stretched easily over everyone, expanding to their sizes.
Erec pulled his UnderWear on fast and scrawled a quick letter to Oscar while Jam helped the king into his silver pull-on outfit.
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Dear Oscar ,
Be careful working in the Green House, okay? I was thinking--if Rosco can read your mind, he must know that you're there, right? He probably knows you are spying on him. Don't do anything to make him angry. He'll show up wherever you are, and he's really powerful.
Thanks for trying to find out about Bethany.
Your Friend ,
Erec
"Hurry, guys," said Sammy. "I'll feel better when we leave this place."
"I'll go there with you," Erec said. "But I can't stay. King Piter and I have to go to the Oracle and find out how to get Bethany back."
The king breathed heavily. "Erec, I would like to go. But I'm afraid I'm just too weak. I'm sorry to let you down. Will you let me know what you find out there? I need to rest with your family, if that's okay."
Jam cleared his throat. "I would be more than happy to accompany young sir to the Oracle. Would you like some company?"
Erec grinned. "Sure, Jam. That would be great."
Jam bowed his head. "At your disposal."
June sighed. "Come right back, Erec. And let me know what you find out, okay?"
Erec nodded. The king was right about not being able to go along. Erec and Jam helped him walk down the hallway after the rest of his family.
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Jam dismissed the remaining servants, then pressed a few spots on the Port-O-Door maps and opened the door into an unexplored spot in Otherness so that Erec could toss his snail letter through. "Now to Aunt Salsa's. Hoods on, everyone." He pushed the red AORTH square. "Eight Anodyne Road."
A furnacelike blast of heat hit Erec in the face when Jam opened the door.
"Sorry, sire." Jam bowed his head to King Piter. "Do you think you can handle the heat while I ring her doorbell? I would have ushered you straight into her home but I haven't spoken to her yet."
The king nodded, and they all dragged themselves outside. The heat was like nothing Erec had experienced. His hair felt like it was melting and might explode into flames. He tried to speak, but his breath would not carry into the ovenlike temperature. But then his silver UnderWear suit puffed with cool air, blowing a steady stream up onto his face. He still felt warm but was amazingly comfortable.
"How hot is it here?" he asked Jam.
Jam's hair was blowing straight up from the cool breeze flowing from his UnderWear. "Probably a good hundred and seventy-five degrees, young sir. It can get up above two hundred in the summer."
Erec looked around. "So, this is Aorth." He had never seen anything like it. Tall spires of a city rose all around him. He had expected Jam's aunt Salsa to live in a quiet village, but this place seemed packed with more skyscrapers than New York City. The buildings looked sharper, too. Most were pointed on top, with barbed spires projecting from their sides. When Erec looked closer, he could see that each building was one solid slab of stone stretching from the ground to what must have been a thousand feet in the air. Small gaps in the stones served as windows, which most of the rooms in the buildings did not have. The stone towers sloped just a little from the bottom
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