Chapter 15

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Taytay wandered hopelessly through the Forest of Trees. He knew that Miles and Rey were in the cave, but without the tracker he couldn't just teleport to Miles.

''Good day, my boy, doesn't the good weather bring you joy? Are you looking for something, a key, a ball or a swing?'' Barbara Bushtroll asked Taytay out of nothing.

''I am looking for a cave,'' Taytay said dryly.

''Looking for a cave, that's very brave! Forty steps west is best. And then fifty steps north and continue your quest forth.''

Taytay stared at the rhyming troll for a moment and then tried to figure out which way was west by looking at a compass he conjured up.

''Are you by chance a fairy, young man? That gives me a plan. Let me wish one thing, so that I can stop working.''

''No,'' Taytay said while walking away. ''I am on a mission.'' He put on sunglasses. Barbara Bushtroll looked sad and started sobbing. Taytay had walked a little further and Barbara Bushtroll decided to follow him sneakily.

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