The Dungeon of Doom. John R. Erickson
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Название: The Dungeon of Doom
Автор: John R. Erickson
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Учебная литература
Серия: Hank the Cowdog
isbn: 9781591887447
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I stared at him. “What did you just say?”
“I said, I hope the gophers don’t trip . . . I hope the cows don’t dig . . . oh drat, I can’t remember.”
“Drover, you may have just come up with a brilliant idea!”
“I did?”
“Yes, I know that sounds unlikely, that you’d come up with a brilliant idea, but listen to this.” My mind was soaring by this time and I started pacing. “Where gophers dig, they leave the surface undisturbed, but the ground beneath the surface is a maze of tunnels and shafts, right?”
“I guess so.”
“Okay, listen closely. What happens when a herd of large animals walks across that surface?”
“I don’t know. They step on a gopher?”
“No. Their hooves break through the surface and they fall into the gopher tunnel.”
“Yeah, but . . .”
“Don’t you get it? Nobody knows how deep those tunnels go. Why, they might go for miles and miles, right into some boiling pit at the center of the earth.”
“Well, I don’t think . . .”
“Just imagine, Drover, what would happen if all the cattle on this ranch plunged to their deaths in a bottomless gopher tunnel. Loper would be broke. Slim would be out of a job, and so would we.”
“Yeah, but . . .”
I marched over to him and whapped him on the back. “Congratulations, son, you’ve just given me a way of redeeming myself!”
“You mean . . .”
“Yes. I’ll stand in the gate and make sure that we don’t lose any cattle in the Bottomless Gopher Tunnel.”
“Yeah, but Loper told you . . .”
“He didn’t notice the gopher evidence, Drover, and that’s why we’re here, to save Our People from their own errors and mistakes. Loper was careless, his mind was on other things.” I stepped back and gave him a broad smile. “What do you think of that, soldier?”
“Well, it sounds . . . it sounds a little crazy.”
“Crazy! Hey, this was your idea and I’m trying to . . .” Just then, I heard the sound of cattle in the distance. “Shhh. Listen. The cowboys are coming in with the herd. We haven’t a moment to spare. Quick, to the corral gate!”
“See you later!”
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