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rock falling on rock. He stood still. Suddenly,

Ella heard it too. The only place Jay had heard

that sound before had been whilst playing The

Journey on his computer and at first he had to

think what it meant. Ella clamped her hands

over her own mouth. She glanced around the

trees that surrounded them and then stared

straight ahead. Jay followed her gaze. Then

they both gasped. They hadn’t seen it before.

Just a few metres from the sparkling spring

was a small mound of stones. The small rocks

at the very top were moving very slightly. Jay

remembered what that meant.

“Groundlings!” cried Rosie.

“Back to the path!” Ella ordered.

This time everyone obeyed the leader.

Rushing and crashing over the undergrowth

they headed back to the path. Rosie was still

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