4 Our Guest

CHAPTER 4

Our Guest "May I join you?" asked Will. "I had planned to visit all of Wrenly and would much rather travel with you and Miss Clara than all by myself." "Of course," Lucas answered. "But we need to leave right away." "I'll gather my things!" the bard said cheerfully. He swung a bag over his shoulder and picked up his guitar case. "I'll be right back," Lucas said. "I have to get our buckets." He ran toward the thicket.

"Hurry!" Clara exclaimed. "I will!" said Lucas as he disappeared into the thicket, with Ruskin close at his heels. Lucas grabbed the berry buckets. Then he noticed the beautiful emerald green feather he'd dropped. He wondered again what kind of bird or beast it had come from. He slid the feather inside his vest and ran back to the others.

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Rainbow Frost and Amber Quill waved good-bye to their friends at the dock. The ship set sail and rolled over the waves toward the mainland. Thunder rumbled and rain began to speckle the ground when they landed near the palace. Clara covered her head with a scarf and ran all the way home. Will and Lucas tramped toward the castle in the light drizzle.

The queen greeted them at the door. She had been waiting. "Lucas!" she cried. "You're late for your music lesson again!" "If you'll excuse me, Your Majesty," Will said, bowing. "The prince is late because of me."