crawled at their touch, but that was not the worst of it! Looming from the foliage came a gigantic spider nearly 10 feet tall! It was quite the size of an omnibus!
Thunderboy rushed to our aid, axe drawn, and he struck the beast most fiercely! I steeled my nerves, took a hold of my parasol and we began to smack the horrid little creatures as they darted and hopped about.
Percy joined us as we ran down the little lane, and once we made it to the clearing, we saw the Mayor most majestically cutting down the arachnids. Not a hint of monsters for an age for the masculine Mayor with the tousled hair, and here he found himself waist deep in giant spiders. When it rains it pours, I suppose. He fought them quite adeptly, and though I didn ' t
have time to enquire at that exact moment, I hoped he was taking something away with him that he could apply to the protection of Venice. It seemed his sole goal.
It has since reached my attention that the other hunters and guests had made it safely inside. Therefore, it was we four who remained outside the safety of the island shelters and cabins. We were unable to get to our rooms!
We were gathered close to that giant steam vent, which I mentioned before, though now no steam came from below. It occurred to me, though Percy gave voice to it, that the spiders were pushing us towards their web!
I said, " We must leap into the chasm, for the webs will slow our fall! It is our only escape!" This seemed to horrify Percy, who remained most