Chapter 29

My lunch!" He clumsily tried to catch the escaping frogs, but they all frantically hopped about, and most made it out the door. He was now trying to stomp on the last few frogs.

"You shouldn't have done that. You have just made him angry. I haven't seen him this angry since we had to leave the northern mountains."

"He is not half as angry as my Uncle Jack will be if he comes and finds out how you have treated me."

"Jack? JACK! THAT MURDERING PIPSQUEAK MADE ME MOVE HERE!"

"Dear, you know it gives me a headache when you shout."

"Sorry, Mom." The giant turned and looked at Alexandra for the first time.

"You let my lunch go."

"I have a fondness for frogs, as your mother will tell you. I really had no choice." She sighed and looked at the rapidly darkening sky. "I must be going. If I am not at the ruins in time, my uncle will be worried. After all his time spent in the north, he knows how dangerous the world can be."