This is what he saw–taller than a man, and able to kill a horse with one bite.
Heidi has asked for another excerpt from Bell Mountain, this one featuring one of her favorite characters, Helki the Rod, and one of those giant birds that has lately wandered into Obann. We pick up the scene on Page 197.
“Helki, too, spent the night on the plain; and Helki, too, saw a giant bird.
“It stalked right past him, and looked right at him, and opened its massive beak halfway, as if to warn him not to move. Helki stood his ground, returning the bird’s look. He thought that if he had to, he could break the bird’s leg with his staff. But he very much hoped he wouldn’t have to.
“The bird made no move in his direction. Whatever it was hunting, it wasn’t him. He watched until it strode out of sight.
“Only then did he become aware that he was trembling from head to toe. He threw his staff in the air and caught it, and yowled at the top of his lungs.
“‘Whee-aaaah!’ The whole night rang with it. ‘Lord God, you have outdone yourself!'”
“It wasn’t much of a prayer, but that was how Obst had taught him to pray and that was how he did it….”
Anyone can ask for an excerpt from any book in the Bell Mountain series. There are now 11 titles in print, and Book No. 12, His Mercy Endureth Forever, is being edited. Just make sure you give me the right page number and a brief description of what you’d like me to post as an excerpt.
Wow! That part was cool! Helki is my favorite character in the series!
He is pretty cool!
I agree!
🙂
That pictures is kind of like what I pictured the birds to look like.
Likewise, that’s about the mental picture I had. Nicely done!
These were big in South America, and for a while there did pretty well in Texas and Florida, too.
Makes an ostrich look like a canary. 🙂
Now that’s my kind of prayer! Thanks!
Ok, I don’t have a specific book/page in mind, and I’m not sure how to find what I’m looking for. But I love those little moments when Wytt brandishes his sharp stick and lets loose one of his Omah insults. He makes me laugh every time. I love the way he thinks. 🙂 I ‘ve finished up through The Glass Bridge, so any book before that will do. If you know where to find one of these “Wytt-icisms” (pun intended), that’s my request. 🙂
I’ll try and find this for you–shouldn’t be too hard.