BACK TO THISTOWN
“The return journey was much worse,” said Alice. “We were rowing against the river current and sometimes we seemed to row for ages and get nowhere at all. And there was even one time when we seemed to slip back all the time, no matter how hard we rowed.”
“And the moaning voices were much louder on the way back.” said Belle.
“Or that’s what they seemed anyway,” said Sam. “I think it was because we were tired and just more frightened.”
“And we were so hungry,” said Alice. “There hadn’t been much food in the cave in the first place and we’d eaten most of that by the time we’d got to the sun cone. And so coming back was a nightmare. Moany voices, and no food, and the river. But it was even worse when we got back to Thistown. We didn’t make any secret of it, and just used t
