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agonistes tagged me for the book meme that perpetually wanders around LiveJournal.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.

The nearest book, laugh at me as you will, seems to be Susan Cooper, Silver on the Tree.

Jane shrieked, and then Simon was past her in a flurry of arms and legs, clutching at Lewis, crying out as the toe of one heavy boot met his own shin.

Simon was never quite sure precisely what happened then. Fighting to drag Caradog Lewis away from John Rowlands' inert form, he found himself suddenly thrust downwards towards the sea in Lewis' grip, quite unable to resist.

muchabstracted, flintknappy, taylweaver, the_paper_nun and prosewitch, do you want to try it?