THE SUN CONE
They were woken by a sudden sharp crack and jolt. Alice slipped off her seat and knocked Sam forward.
“What was that?” shrieked Belle.
“We must have hit something,” said Jonny.
“Find the candles,” said Sam.
Miriam struck a match and lit a candle.
“What’s that?” Belle was staring up ahead of them at what seemed like a high wall of solid rock. More candles were lit and they peered from left to right, up and down. Just rock, huge ancient rock blocking their way.
“The moaning’s stopped,” said Miriam.
They looked around in the eerie silence.
“And the river’s stopped,” said Jonny, looking down at the water.
“A river can’t just stop,” said Sam. “It must flow somewhere.”
“It’s very shallow here,” said Jonny leaning out of the back of boat, “I can touch the bottom.”
“There!
