George and the Dragon Page #4

like it. Lucky l saw you leave.

Not that lucky, l'm afraid.

AlI right, go up there.

Go on.

Go on, get out of here!

Whoever you are,

we consider you a friend.

Please show yourseIf.

I know this young archer.

Wryn!

lf you don't show yourself,

l'll slice up your liver

and have it for dinner.

You wouldn't really eat my liver,

would you?

I've half a mind to do exactly that.

Now come down here.

Now, what are you doing here?

Well, you looked like

you could use some heIp.

We were in a bit of a bind.

-l'm Wryn, from Loar.

-Elmendorf of Crail.

Good to meet you,

young Wryn.

l've heard of Loar,

and l've never been there, but...

Do you mind?

-We have to take him back to Loar.

-No! You can't take me back.

You need me.

l saved your life.

The boy does have a point.

Have you both taken leave

of your senses?

This journey's far too dangerous

to be undertaken by a child.

We can take him as far as

the Abbey of Sainte Germaine.

Near Torgyle.

Well...

You leave us little choice now.

Wonderful. Now let's

get back to the camp

and we'll retrieve the cart

and Princess Lunna's things

and then l won't have to ride

that infernal horse any longer.

Yeah, yeah, all right, all right.

Please, please,

l swear, l swear, l swear!

-Your eyes tell me you're Iying.

-Well, my mouth's tell the truth.

-Honestly, we've got nothing.

-Go on.

What? No, no, please.

Don't hang me upside down!

l get nose bleeds!

l can smell a lie

Iike horses smell water.

-Do it.

-No, no, look, look.

Even the king's daughter's

disappeared.

She was the only, the only

valuable thing we had, really.

Wait.

-A princess?

-Yeah.

-A ransom?

-Yeah, a great big ransom.

Apparently a knight's gone to look

for her, but would you believe it,

he didn't want the reward.

All he wanted was, what was it...

Yeah, a little parcel of land,

two head of cattle.

l mean, come on. What a fool, eh?

You'd take the money,

wouldn't you? Yeah?

Let's find the princess.

-String him up.

-What?

No, that's not fair!

No, l'm getting a nose bleed.

l knew l would.

l told 'em, l told 'em.

George!

Those Picts

weren't so tough after all.

l'm sure they didn't fare any better

against Lord de Gurney, either.

What is that?

How old is it?

Ten days.

No, maybe a fortnight.

-Anything wrong?

-No, no.

Just thinking we need to move on.

We'll stop here.

WelI, the sky is cIearing.

Be able to see the stars soon.

My father once said

if l was worthy enough

they'd name one of those after me.

What's that? Over there.

That's a fire.

l think we should break camp.

Wryn, what are you doing?

Stay here.

Stay here.

UseIess.

Try that again and there's another

one where that came from.

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