Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第76/327页)

relessemployeealsocreakedandsqueakedinthebreeze.Dimitrisuddehathewasbathemetropoliswherehundredsofpeoplelivedtogether.Becauseitwasafterofficehours,therewasnooneabout,therebygivinghimtheimpressionofsolitaryisotionandloneliness.Healsoheardcriesof“Dimitri!Dimitri!”fromafaringcloserandclosertohim.HekwashisgoodfriendsRichardandJamazingtolookforhim.SoonheheardrunningfootstepsandRichardwassaying,

    “Dimitri!We’vebeenlookingforyoueverywhere!Whatareyoudoinghereallohisemptysquare?eo’sgobacktothedesertedrosegarden.Mr.Kaffee,Big-OandDwarfMickeyareallwaitingforyouthere.reparedasumptuousdinnerandalotofgoodwine.equickly.Wewanttoweleyoubadcelebratethereunionofoldfriends.”RichardhelpedDimitriupwithoutwaitingforhisreplyandJamazpickedupthewhiteeonthegroundbesidehimahreeofthemquicklyleftthedesertedsquare.

    Chapter3GiantMountain

    ThecrystalclearbluewaterofStar-MoonLakerippledgentlyuhestarlitskies.Adarkfigurefshedbyinthemoonlightastrideaflyingbroom.Itwasnottheinalowhebroom,butasvelteyoungwoman.EversinceAmaliafellill,shehadbeenlivinginDream-MakersBakeryuhetenderlovingcareofSheiandYoko,soitcouldnotbesheearedintheKingdomofDreams.BeforeleavingtheKingdom,DornahadgiventhebroomtoDeannaandithadbeeavemeansoftransportationfortheyoungnativegirlinherworkasliaisoweeivetribesspreadartinthemountains,savingherfromhavingtoclimbmountainsandwadethroughwaters.DeannacircledaroundGiantMountainsonherflyingbroohiswasherfirsttripbacktoassessthedamageafterthehugeearthquakeandtsunami.Shestoppedinmidairtofurtherchecktheheadofthegiantwhichwasstilldisable.FagthedecapitatedheadalohedeadofnightmadeDeanna’sfleshcrawl.Theatmosphereofhorrorandfrightraisedthefinehairsofherbody,butshefeltshehadtoexamiheremainsofthegiant’shead.GiantMountainwasindisarray,havingbeenbrokenintoseveralses.Partsofithadsunkallthewaytothebottomoftheke,butpartswerevisibleabovethewater.Thebestpreservedsewastheheadofthegiantwhichwasstillgazingupattheskies.ButDeannanoticedthattheupwardgazingheadwastiltedslightlytowardstheright.Theshiftwasbarelyperceptible,butcouldnotescapethesharpeyesoftheyounggirlwhohadgrownupinthesepartsandwhokneweverymountairee,andeverybdeofgrass.“Butwhywastheheadtiltedtowardstheright?”sheaskedherself.“Perhapshishugebodywhichhadinparalyzedonthehorizonsihebeginningoftimewasbeginningtofeeltheeffeobilityandwasnumb,stiffandtired.Hemayjusthavewaogehispostureabitandturntht.Hehadininthesamepositionfortoolongcausinghisfleshtorotandhisbooloosensotheslightestgetohisposturebroughtaboutahquakeandatsunami,breakingGiantMountainintoseveralses.Butromptedthegiantwhohadbeenlyingmotionlessonhisbathehorizonsihebeginningoftimetomovehisbody?Didhereceivesomestimution,someunbearablepainorperhapsanintolerableitchthatcausedhimtowanttomovehisbody?TherehadtobeacauseandIhopeIwillbeabletogettothebottomofthis.”Deannagearedherbroomfordestuntilshehoveredtwothreefeetabovethewater.Shesaidtothebroom,

    “Begoodandwaitformehere.Don’tyougowanderinganywhereelsebyyourself.IwanttodivetothebottomofthekeandtakealookattheditionofKingDimit