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The creature's curved beak gores your back, impaling you upon its razor-sharp tip. You are lifted into the air and dashed against the wall with one flick of the great bird's powerful neck. Mercifully, death is instantaneous as your skull is shattered against the hard, unyielding marble.

Your life and the hopes of Sommerlund end here.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.