9 Grace

CHAPTER 9

Grace "Who are you?" asked Lucas, not knowing where else to begin. The woman turned toward the children. "Oh, please forgive me," she said. "My name is Grace." Clara took a step toward Grace. "And what do you want with the pegasus?" she asked. Grace looked at the great cloud in the sky and then back at Clara.

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"I want to help him get back to his homeland. When the blue moon is over, his castle in the sky will move on." Lucas felt his shoulders relax. "Phew," he said. "We thought you were a hunter." "I am," she said. "But I hunt animals to help them— not harm them." Ruskin squawked in approval. "And I owe a great deal of thanks to you both," Grace went on. "How did you win the trust of the pegasus?" Ruskin squawked again—only a little louder this time. "Oh," Grace said to the dragon. "Did you have something to do with that?" Lucas patted Ruskin on the back. "The pegasus seems to understand him," he said. "What a good dragon," Grace said. Then she turned her attention to the pegasus. She examined the stallion's wing in the moonlight.

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"I knew something was wrong," she said, massaging the wing. "A pegasus often eats enderberries when it's in