Jenny

“get there,” said Oki. “So around”
― Mary Pope Osborne, Balto of the Blue Dawn

“Annie looked up. “What rhyme?” she said. “Let me see.” Jack took the shell from her and turned it over. On the other side was a poem. Jack read the poem aloud: Before night falls on this long summer day, A shining sword must find its way Into your hands and out of the gloom— Or Camelot’s king shall meet his doom. To begin your quest for this Sword of Light, Call for the help of the Water Knight. Then pass through the Cave of the Spider Queen— “Spider Queen?” Annie interrupted. She frowned. Spiders were about the only thing she was afraid of. “Don’t think about it now,” said Jack. “Let’s keep going.” He read on: …pass through the Cave of the Spider Queen And swim with a selkie clothed in green. Enter the Cove of the Stormy Coast, Dive ’neath the Cloak of the Old Gray Ghost—”
― Mary Pope Osborne, Summer of the Sea Serpent