John Flanagan: "Svengal berbaring mengerang di rumput. Pahanya sangat...

"Svengal berbaring mengerang di rumput. Pahanya sangat menderita. Bokongnya terasa sakit. Otot-otot betisnya terbakar. Sekarang, setelah dia menjatuhkan kuda kecil yang dia tunggangi dan menggedor-gedor berat ke bagian pundaknya, bahunya juga akan sakit. Dia berkonsentrasi mencoba menemukan satu bagian tubuhnya yang bukan sumber rasa sakit raksasa dan gagal total. Dia membuka matanya. Hal pertama yang dilihatnya adalah wajah kuda poni tua yang dia tumpangi mengintip ke arahnya. Sekarang apa yang membuatmu melakukan hal aneh seperti itu? Makhluk itu tampaknya bertanya."

--- John Flanagan

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Svengal lay groaning on the turf. His thighs were sheer agony. His buttocks ached. His calf muscles were on fire. Now, afterhe had tumbled off the small pony he was riding and thudded heavily to the turf on the point of his shoulder, the shoulder would hurt too. He concentrated on trying to find one part of his body that wasn't a giant source of pain and failed miserably. He opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the face of the elderly pony that he had been riding peered down at him. Now what made you do a strange thing like that? The creature seemed to be asking.