Chapters (62)
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Map
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Chapter 55
- Chapter 56
- About the Author and Illustrator
- Books by Jenny McLachlan
- About the Publisher
Win stares after Crowky. “We need to do something, Arthur. Go after him!”
“There’s nothing we can do,” I say. The ice floe we’re standing on has shifted and we’re drifting out to sea.
“There’s something I can do,” says Win, eyes blazing. “Magic!” And with that he wriggles out of his onesie and holds it high above his head. Now he’s standing on the ice, in his underpants once again. He takes out his wand.
“Win,” I say. “What are you doing?”
“Only my new best spell ever,” he says, then he points his wand at Crowky and yells, “BOGGLE HISS!”
There’s a bang, a flash of black stars, and suddenly Win’s onesie has vanished from his hand and instead he’s clutching Grandad’s “NO PROB-LLAMA!” T-shirt.
Across the ice we see Crowky stop and spin around. He’s wearing Win’s fur onesie. He pulls it open and stares at his chest. That’s when he realizes the T-shirt has gone.
“The swapping hex,” I say. “Win, you’re brilliant!”
Win laughs with glee, yelling, “Bad luck, Crowky!” Then he waves the T-shirt over his head and, still in his pants, he starts doing a triumphant dance. “Who’s stupid now? You are because you’re wearing a too-tight furry onesie!”
It is too tight. Crowky can barely stand up in it. Clumsily, he struggles out of it.
Meanwhile Win has put on the “NO PROB-LLAMA!” T-shirt and is moonwalking backward across the ice. He points with both fingers at the T-shirt. “Look what I’ve got!” he shouts. “Oooooh yeeeaaaah!”
Crowky starts running back toward us. His wings burst open and he leaps from floe to floe with impossible speed. Win stops dancing. “He can’t reach us, can he?” he says.
Our chunk of ice is still floating out to sea, but Crowky is moving fast.
“I think maybe he can,” I say, just as Crowky makes the final jump. His wings flap and strain, his legs windmill through the air, then he lands in front of us with a crash.
He stays in a crouch. His head is down and his shoulders shake as he tries to get his breathing under control. Then, slowly, he looks up at us. “This is where it ends,” he says, and he leaps forward and rips the T-shirt from Win’s body.
This sends Win toppling backward. His arms reach for me, but Crowky has already grabbed hold of my shoulder. A chill sweeps from his twig fingers and into my body, locking my limbs. All I can do is watch as Win teeters on the edge of the ice before splashing into the sea.