Mastodonia

Download or read book Mastodonia written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1978 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Out of the rose clump, a face stared fixedly at me -- a cat face. The whiskers. The owl eyes. The grin. Entranced and frightened, I moved forward slowly, the gun at ready. I was close now. Closer, something told me, than I should be. But I took another step, and on that step I stumbled. Recovering from the stumble, I noticed the rose bush was no longer there and neither was the henhouse. I stood on a little slope that was covered with short grass. It was no longer night. The sun was shining, but with little warmth. The cat face was gone. Then suddenly from behind me I heard a shuffling, thumping sound and I pivoted around. The thumping, shuffling thing stood ten feet tall. It had gleaming tusks and a long trunk. A mastodon, I told myself. A mastodon! And it was coming straight toward me"--Jacket