CHAPTER 5
The T(r)oll Bridge
by Elizabeth, age 12
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“Hello!” said a voice.
Elizabeth, Espio and Roxie looked up into the face of a troll.
“It’ll cost one gold coin to cross my bridge,” the troll said.
Roxie pulled out the bag of copper coins that she found in the coffin room. “Here,” she said. “It’s not gold, but it should do.”
“Two gold coins,” said the troll, smacking the coin out of Roxie’s hand.
Roxie’s jaw dropped to the ground.
“Let me handle this one,” said Espio.
He began to vanish before Elizabeth, Roxie, and the troll’s eyes! Very quickly, Espio dashed across the bridge.
Hearing his footsteps, the troll lifted the bridge, thinking Espio was still on it. But Espio had run so fast, that he was already safe on the other side!
Roxie jumped up, kicking the troll in the face, causing him to drop the bridge.
“Nice kicks, girl!” Espio said, turning visible on the other side of the chasm.
“Thanks!” Roxie replied, smacking the troll with her long tail.
Espio threw an explosive shuriken star at the troll, and the troll fell down during the explosion.
“Now how are we gonna get across?” asked Roxie.
She and Elizabeth looked down. The bridge was nothing more than a tiny dust speck in the distance.
But… they had forgotten about…
THE SLIME!!!
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