Trickery,” Annabeth decided. “We can’t beat him by force, so we’ll have to use trickery. ” “Okay,” I said. “What trick?’ “I haven’t figured that part out yet. ” “Great. ” “Polyphemus will have to move the rock to let the sheep inside. ” “At sunset,” I said. “Which is when he’ll marry Clarisse and have Grover for dinner. I’m not sure which is grosser. ” “I could get inside,” she said, “invisibly. ” “What about me?” “The sheep,” Annabeth mused. She gave me one of those sly looks that always made me wary. “How much do you like sheep?” “Just don’t let go!” Annabeth said, standing invisibly somewhere off to my right. That was easy for her to say. She wasn’t hanging upside down from the belly of a sheep. Now, I’ll admit it wasn’t as hard as I’d thought. I’d crawled under a car before t

