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attacked. Adam was struck from behind and knocked to the ground. Reicka, seeing her husband down, jumped from the wagon to his side. Terra, unseen by his mother, climbed out of the cart. When he reached the ground, he ran to help his Suti. At that moment, three monstrous Averons swooped down; two picked up their dead companion, and the third snagged Terra’s rope belt lifting him into the air. As he looked down helplessly, he saw Suti lying flat on the ground, his mother’s arms were outstretched toward him, and she was screaming his name over and over again. His father was on his hands and knees trying to get to his feet next to the plow beast.
    Terra soon lost sight of his family as the Averon climbed higher and higher into the air. He could not touch the animal because he was hanging from his rope belt. He was angry and screaming at the monster, but it did not hear him. He was not afraid; he really didn’t know what fear was, but he thought that when he was able to touch this monster he would fix it. He struggled trying to turn or wiggle free but with little effect.
    After what seemed to be forever to a young child like Terra, the two monsters that carried the dead one flew away from him. He didn’t understand why. For a while longer, he and the single Averon flew toward a big hill, and he could see the sun just rising over it. Then suddenly, Terra was falling through the air, and just as suddenly, a large claw with funny slick bumpy skin grabbed him. Three huge talons wrapped around his middle and held him. He could touch this thing, but he could not connect to it as he had with Suti. It ignored him. He looked up at massive dark legs that reminded him of Suti’s back legs and a breast as big as the cart. A huge neck and wings so large he could not see their ends in the dim light of dawn. For a long while, they flew over hills and valleys. He saw small villages and farms and even people.
    Then they came to craggy cliffs, and Terra saw water splashing up against their base a long way down. He noticed that they were flying toward a big V-shaped wall with a large black hole in it. As they approached the hole, a massive head came down and with its great teeth grabbed the rope around Terra’s waist. He tried to struggle, but his small body was nothing compared to this monster. Then the claw released its grip, and the head brought him up. The wind was strong, and Terra closed his eyes against it. He still felt no fear. The wind suddenly stopped, and he opened his eyes.

Chapter 10 - The Rescue of a Meal
    (The Pain of Love for an Injured Child.)
    337 set of seasons since the coming of the Averons
     
     
    Dawra could do little to help her beautiful little Fienna. The dragons had no healers and knew nothing about medicine, other than the mud she had already used. She thought that a fresh killed meal would help her daughter; perhaps it would boost her strength. Lowlack started to help Dawra with her injured daughter. She asked if he would mind hunting for a fresh killed meal for Fienna. Lowlack was old, but he could still hunt. He said he would be glad to and took off to see what he could find.
    He flew toward the mountain where the best game always seemed to be. On the way, he saw several human villages. The people always looked up and pointed when a dragon flew over. Then they ran into those odd caves they built of square rocks. Lowlack had hidden in the plants atop hills to watch the humans. The dragon’s vision was incredible, and from his viewpoint within the foliage, he could see everything. The humans often worked alone, but when they needed more strength, they gathered into groups and together lifted or moved heavy objects. They also tied their large worker beasts to objects and forced them to pull until it was moved. Lowlack admired this. He thought that if the dragons would only work together they could do almost anything with their great strength. He did not eat the humans; they really didn’t taste good to him,