Thread:SalemtheCruel/@comment-4547544-20111026083726

19th In the next few days, hardly anyone slept in Mossflower. Matthias and Methuselah, the bells rang out their warning cry incessantly in the woods. Sparrows flew in all directions to warn those who lived further away. In the Abbey they prepared before the siege. The gate was reinforced, the walls repaired, and weapons that had not been used since the war against Cluny the Scourge, were tested for their suitability. It was as hot as if Mother Nature had decided that the summer should begin as early as March. The snow was melting at an alarming pace and transformed the abbey courtyard into a mud pit. The forest dwellers that came to the abbey brought what was left of their winter food. And so it came to Eyegrim when he came up the road from St. Ninian to Redwall three days later, he found a fortress which was ready for war.

"My goodness, what an army. Look at this, rats, ferrets, weasels, and lizards! How shall we defeat them? "The forest inhabitants were more than distressed when Eyegrims army rolled out of the shadows of the trees. "Oh who cares? Old Martin will get done with the rabble in a minute, wot "" You know I'd like your optimism Clenky-This must be thousands. I would not even there to use my sword to swing as fast as they assail me. "Although the statement wasn’t anything pleasant a few defenders had to smile. For Martin the Warrior and Martin II, who responded at the same time. Suddenly North Star started to growl. It was a deeply disturbing sound to one of the mink would not have expected. "They were. They have killed them. Let me down I'll kill. "The mink had drawn his sword and was about to jump off the wall but was detained by Brush and Sam. "Let me go, damn it. I kill! "The voice of mink cracked with anger and got louder with each word. "Who killed whom and how do you know?" Brush said, panting. "The marten there, the shield he bears, I have given to Snow White Midsummer. He hung in her room because she used it as a mirror. "" It's just a shield how can you be so sure? "" Because he was made of bronze and this wave engraved on the rim was like the shield of the marten. "" So you believe that the marten has killed Snow White? "Brush was dismayed. "I don’t believe it, I know it!" Then North Star gave up his resistance and began to cry.  