Chapter 7
In the morning at Redwall, after a full night's rest, Matthew,
Mordalfus, Joseph, Treebreeze, and Amber were as lively as a bunch of bees.
That morning at breakfast, they had figured out all of the letters. R-T-E-
H-W-E-O-N-T-O-H-R-T were the letters. Mordalfus had created a huge
Redhallcurrent Cake, the prize for the one who unscrambled the letters. So
far they had come up with the main idea that it started with "on the", but
no solutions had come up yet. Just when everybody was about to give up,
somebeast came up with an answer. It was "Whether or nott" That was an
answer, but there is no such word as nott. They also came up with "Her
rotten thow", but that didn't mean anything. Finally Rosie came up with
"The North Tower". This was it. It was perfect. It was very hard to find
but obviously in very plain view. Now they had to find out how to get up
to the top to get Martin's sword. Meanwhile, Rosie had decided to share
the prize cake with everyone. Then they remembered the reason they
looking for the sword. They immediately read the letter again, and put up
a red flag in the NW corner. They also made a letter that would be made
for the owl to take. It was a simple and straightforward answer in the
letter.
Dear Foyer:
We would be glad to accept you into our abbey. We may be a little
late, as we are searching for a weapon to guard you on your way here. We
will pick you up hopefully in 8 days. We will try to work our best, but we
may still be a little late. Please respond.
Sincerely,
Abbot Mordalfus
When they got up to the wall, they saw Sapoak on duty, and decided to
let him hold it for the owl. "I say you bally old blighters, I just came
back from a blimey week search! Now you expect me to hold a letter for a
big owl to come and snatch, along with my hand! I refuse!" But they had a
bribe they had thought up for just such a case. "If you do this Sapoak,"
said the Abbot; "We will give you a huge Redhallcurrent cake, made
especially by me." Sapoak then profusely denied that he had ever rejected
the offer, and took the letter with great dignity. While they were talking
with Sapoak, they had not noticed Amber sneaking out of the abbey and down
the road. She was the only one that had noticed the pack of vermin
disappearing into the woods. It wasn't until that night that she had come
back and told the abbot of the danger. "It was a whole army of vermin,
they were armed to the teeth, and their leader is obviously the biggest,
strongest weasel I have ever seen."
