Читать книгу Natboff! One Million Years of Stupidity - Andy Stanton - Страница 44
Оглавление‘Gooseberry!’ called
Princess Snowflake at
length. ‘Finish up your
business and come and walk with me
some more, there’s a good doggie!’
But no, there wasn’t a good doggie,
because Gooseberry did not come rushing out of the bushes as he normally did, barking and smiling and with dozens of silver coins spilling from his mouth. Gooseberry was nowhere to be seen,
and for the first time in her young life, Princess Snowflake knew what it was to feel fear. For the first time, she began to wish that she had listened to the witches. How long had Gooseberry been gone? Ten minutes? An hour? Even as Princess Snowflake rose from the bench to search for him, the day darkened and a cold, crisp flurry of snow began to fall. And as the snow fell, it sang:
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