Chapter XIX
Into the trap
Petrie flew jumpily to and fro between the trees. Again and again he called for Ducky and Spike. "Ducky! Spike! Where you are?" He had just believed to hear a bass grumbling and a screaming. Maybe he had erred, he had perceived it very indistinctly, but nevertheless it was occasion enough to become nervous and to hurry up with the search for Ducky and Spike. There! A husky bellow and the splintering of wood could be heard. Every error debarred! The causer of the din had to be pretty nearby and Petrie didn't doubt anymore that it was a sharptooth. First Petrie wanted to turn round and fly back to Littlefoot and Ali, but than he occurred Ducky and Spike. The both were probably in big troubles. Petrie indeed didn't know what he could do to help the both in an emergency, but what he knew was that he wouldn't be able to bear the conceivability to do nothing. Maybe Ducky and Spike hadn't even noticed the sharptooth, (it was not sure that they had screamed the scream he believed had heard) than he could warn them. Moreover it was senseless to fly back since Littlefoot and Ali would have certainly left the place where he had left them in the meantime. Petrie flew high between the tree's tops to stay out of the sharptooth range. Then he saw it. It was a very big sharptooth. Petrie flew carefully another little bit higher although the sharptooth was to far away to be a danger for him at the moment. It seemed to pursue somebody for it ran treescracking as fast as it could changing the direction now and then. Petrie anticipated whom the sharptooth pursued, but he had to make sure about that. Petrie approached hesitating till he saw his fears confirmed. The persecuted were Ducky and Spike. Petrie still didn't know what to do, but flapped after them hasty. Suddenly the forest cleared opening the view on a narrow stripe of grass that bordered to the walls of rocks that surrounded the valley. Petrie noticed that Spike with Ducky on his back, who had just appeared out of the forest, suddenly started to ran faster towards the walls of rocks, just as if he had spotted the rescue. Petrie recognised terrified Spike's purpose. Two ledges towered from the wall of rock, a small and a bigger one that sloped lightly to one side. The two ledges had probably been separated by an earthquake since only a very narrow ravine lay between them. And it was exactly the same ravine Spike headed for. The ravine was so narrow that the sharptooth wouldn't be able to traverse it, so Spike believed to be in safety there. But what Petrie could see from above, but Spike from the ground apparently not, and what had terrified Petrie, was the big boulder that blocked the ravine nearby its entrance. Petrie flew towards the ravine too now and shouted as loud as he could: "Oh Spike, stop! Hold off!" But neither Spike nor Ducky heard or saw him. They were to far away and the sharptooth that just broke forth from the forest made to much uproar to hear him and their looks were fixed upon the ravine they hoped to reach. Now, when there were no hindering trees anymore the sharptooth accelerated. It came so close to Petrie that he placed himself in safety with some strong flaps in direction of the bigger ledge, but it didn't took notice of him. It had discerned too that it victims wouldn't be able to escape anymore when they would have reached the ravine. Now Spike had arrived at the ravine and he already wanted to utter a sigh of relief, when he and Ducky noticed the boulder. Ducky shrieked and Spike jerked round, but it was to late. The sharptooth had reached the ravines entrance and uttered a howl of triumph. Spike receded as wide as possible into the ravine, but he had to comprehend that it was senseless. The boulder lay to near to the ravines entrance so there was no safe place anywhere. He didn't know what to do anymore so he let himself drop on the ground and rammed his head into the earth. Thereby Ducky tumbled down from his back and fall aside him. The sharptooth bend over them and Ducky pressed both hands in front of her eyes and waited for the end.
Into the trap
Petrie flew jumpily to and fro between the trees. Again and again he called for Ducky and Spike. "Ducky! Spike! Where you are?" He had just believed to hear a bass grumbling and a screaming. Maybe he had erred, he had perceived it very indistinctly, but nevertheless it was occasion enough to become nervous and to hurry up with the search for Ducky and Spike. There! A husky bellow and the splintering of wood could be heard. Every error debarred! The causer of the din had to be pretty nearby and Petrie didn't doubt anymore that it was a sharptooth. First Petrie wanted to turn round and fly back to Littlefoot and Ali, but than he occurred Ducky and Spike. The both were probably in big troubles. Petrie indeed didn't know what he could do to help the both in an emergency, but what he knew was that he wouldn't be able to bear the conceivability to do nothing. Maybe Ducky and Spike hadn't even noticed the sharptooth, (it was not sure that they had screamed the scream he believed had heard) than he could warn them. Moreover it was senseless to fly back since Littlefoot and Ali would have certainly left the place where he had left them in the meantime. Petrie flew high between the tree's tops to stay out of the sharptooth range. Then he saw it. It was a very big sharptooth. Petrie flew carefully another little bit higher although the sharptooth was to far away to be a danger for him at the moment. It seemed to pursue somebody for it ran treescracking as fast as it could changing the direction now and then. Petrie anticipated whom the sharptooth pursued, but he had to make sure about that. Petrie approached hesitating till he saw his fears confirmed. The persecuted were Ducky and Spike. Petrie still didn't know what to do, but flapped after them hasty. Suddenly the forest cleared opening the view on a narrow stripe of grass that bordered to the walls of rocks that surrounded the valley. Petrie noticed that Spike with Ducky on his back, who had just appeared out of the forest, suddenly started to ran faster towards the walls of rocks, just as if he had spotted the rescue. Petrie recognised terrified Spike's purpose. Two ledges towered from the wall of rock, a small and a bigger one that sloped lightly to one side. The two ledges had probably been separated by an earthquake since only a very narrow ravine lay between them. And it was exactly the same ravine Spike headed for. The ravine was so narrow that the sharptooth wouldn't be able to traverse it, so Spike believed to be in safety there. But what Petrie could see from above, but Spike from the ground apparently not, and what had terrified Petrie, was the big boulder that blocked the ravine nearby its entrance. Petrie flew towards the ravine too now and shouted as loud as he could: "Oh Spike, stop! Hold off!" But neither Spike nor Ducky heard or saw him. They were to far away and the sharptooth that just broke forth from the forest made to much uproar to hear him and their looks were fixed upon the ravine they hoped to reach. Now, when there were no hindering trees anymore the sharptooth accelerated. It came so close to Petrie that he placed himself in safety with some strong flaps in direction of the bigger ledge, but it didn't took notice of him. It had discerned too that it victims wouldn't be able to escape anymore when they would have reached the ravine. Now Spike had arrived at the ravine and he already wanted to utter a sigh of relief, when he and Ducky noticed the boulder. Ducky shrieked and Spike jerked round, but it was to late. The sharptooth had reached the ravines entrance and uttered a howl of triumph. Spike receded as wide as possible into the ravine, but he had to comprehend that it was senseless. The boulder lay to near to the ravines entrance so there was no safe place anywhere. He didn't know what to do anymore so he let himself drop on the ground and rammed his head into the earth. Thereby Ducky tumbled down from his back and fall aside him. The sharptooth bend over them and Ducky pressed both hands in front of her eyes and waited for the end.