Tauren Tale, Chapter 10
"What do you mean by that?" Jorga gasped. Sanja turned to look. He seemed more stunned than angry. "Of course we're in a hurry! I want to see Mom and Dad again." Sanja flopped down on her butt and covered her face with her hands. "We will. We will...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 8
Kazbo ran after the Tauren, down, down into a depression in the desert floor. At the bottom, he found the pair in deep scrub brush. Sanja was climbing a scrawny tree - the only one without thorns that they had seen since entering Desolace - and Jorga...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 7
"I offer you your own worthless hide!" the Centaur shouted in Theodore's face. The rogue seemed unruffled by the sweaty half-man. Sanja and her brother tightened their grip on the stones they prepared to throw. Kazbo fidgeted nervously behind the...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 2
"What's he saying?" Jorga whispered. "Something about me being big, I think." Sanja cleared her throat and tried to remember the polite greetings that Elizabeth had taught her. "Is it a pleasure to meet you, ma'am. My name is Sanja of the clan Lion...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 1
"Ah, there's one," Sanja said. She knelt in the long grass and removed the small trowel from her backpack. The tool had been carved from a stag's antler, and was well-suited to digging in Mulgore's rich soil. Her little brother bent over the tuber as...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 11
"Stop!" Kazbo screamed. "Don't hurt my friends!" Sanja squeezed her brother tightly and tried to shield his little body from the archer's attack. The bear charged forward with shocking speed and reached the Tauren just as the jungle cat leapt at the...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 9
After twelve days on Trail of Woe, the journey came to an abrupt halt. A chasm that opened deep into the desert floor split the trail in two. There was no way to cross it - in either direction - for as far as the trio could see. The far edge of the...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 3
Sanja had watched the falls from the valley floor and idly wondered how long it would take to jump from the top to the bottom. She was not a suicidal person - far from it - but it was the sort of thing that you couldn't help but wonder when looking up...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 5
Sanja was surprised to see Kazbo's determination. He wasn't looking so well by nightfall, but he was still struggling to make good time. "There's not going to be a lot of game in this desert." She shrugged. "Rabbits, snakes, mice... but I don't like...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 4
Time slowed and they continued to slide helplessly down the icy passage for what seemed like hours. Each bump along the way found a knee, or an elbow, or a forehead. They screamed in unison until their voices grew hoarse. Then they erupted from the...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 12
Sanja's dreams were frightening and surreal. The elves had fled during the night and taken her brother with them. She tried to chase after them, but the thick, jungle air slowed her movement. It was as if trudging through the waters surrounding the...
Tauren Tale, Chapter 6
Jorga was picking up Common quickly, but Kazbo absorbed Taurahe like a new-born calf. They never had to teach him a word twice and he picked up phrases that they had not even explained. But despite all his linguistic skills, both Sanja and Jorga could...