The Dragon Green [antikvár]

Chapter 1 The Ant BearIt was one hour before the dawn in the great Kalahari desert and the ant bear, who had found a hole in the sandstone rock, woke up for the fifth time and listened. He poked his head out into the black night and slewed his beady eyes round at the world. The night was deep and purple and very hot, and something seemed to speli danger for ant bears. There it was againthat curious sound he did not likethat tap, tap, tapthat sound of something moving in the night. His heart started beating in loud thumps, and his paws trem-bled. His paws always trembled when he was anxious.He was straining his eyes through the darkness when there was a sudden terrifie reporta loud cracking soundand a flying bit of something, like rock, carne and hit him on the nose. The ant bear scuttled round in his hole, shrieking with fright. It was the baby dragon. He had been lying curled up in a large, splotchy, green and brown egg for five years, ánd the heat of the desert had at