Jordan and the Dreadful Golem

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Jordan and the Dreadful Golem Shut up brain-starved Ziv yells back I shoot up from the bottom and spray him with a huge (cid:80)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:73)(cid:88)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:183)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:3) my friend Noam coming by His name means pleasant and agreeable just like soft clouds in a bright blue sky He’s the kid who knows how to form clouds He can do some really neat things with them like making shade by covering the sun with a cloud I swim close to the shore and shoot a mouthful of water at him He’s always so cool The spray splatters his skinny legs but he doesn’t laugh His usually smiley face looks like the underside of a black cloud What’s up Noam I shout Nothing he answers through gritted teeth Ziv and I glance at each other and then scramble out of What’s going on I bounce on my right leg to shake the the lake water out of my ear Noam growls his answer I’ve been collecting tadpoles all day for my summer science experiment I have a special jar for them with a really tight lid One of the kids over there took it and I don’t know who I look across the lake and see trouble with a capital N on the other side The N stands for Nadav He’s the prin cipal’s son A lizard begins leaping around in my stomach (cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:183)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:82)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3) in trouble I look over at Noam’s angry face I huff out a breath I can’t let him down Can’t chicken out I have an idea who did it I say A knight’s squire ap pears in my head and clothes me in armor I’m ready for a (cid:192)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:180)(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:72)(cid:183)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:17)(cid:181)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:82)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:183)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:3) like a clear sky after the clouds have disappeared We cross the red footbridge to the other side of the lake I expect to hear my armor squeak and clunk but all I hear are our feet slapping against the wooden planks We head to a small stand of eucalyptus trees The tall boy with 14