Friday 56: Week 13

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog and to Storytime with Tonya and Friends at http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Here's mine:

"I can take care of myself," Alwyn said. He could feel the color coming to his cheeks. This was nothing he wanted to talk about.

"Now, now, leave the lad alone. He's young, he's foolish, and he's got a magical tree for a leg," Yimt said. "I think it's just a matter of the wood wanting to get ashore so it can plant itself and start sprouting some leaves."

- The Light of Burning Shadows: Book Two of the Iron Elves by Chris Evans