Dream Master Nightmare: Part 4

By THERESA BRESLIN, Illustrator DAVID WYATT

Cy shook his head in a determined manner. "I am not being a swineherd," he repeated.

"But you are a swineherd," said the girl. "You are Cy, the swineherd."

"Oh yeah?" said Cy. "And I suppose you are a princess?"

"Well ... yes. I am Hilde, a Saxon princess of the royal house of Edgar." The girl looked bewildered. "But this you already know."

"Ha!" said Cy. "I thought so! You"re a princess, and all I get to be is a swineherd. I don"t think so." He shook his head from side to side. He wasn"t budging on this. Being a swineherd was certainly not in his dream plan. When he had first landed in the Viking dream Cy had decided at once that he should have a major part. He would march with the army of the English King Eadred to do battle against the Vikings at Stainmore, and try to drive them out of Northumbria.

Publisher: Random Houes, $16.95 Age group: 10 + years