The Wild World of Buck Bray: The Wolves of Slough Creek

The Wild World of Buck Bray: The Wolves of Slough Creek — page 5
when they hit the pavement In the lead was the biggest bull bison of the herd Its small beady eyes set wide apart in its enormous head seemed to focus on Buck As it entered the parking lot it lowered its head exposing the huge hump of its back its horns now curved forward It let out a snort that steamed from its nostrils in the chilly air Then it veered toward Buck the rest of the herd following Buck turned and ran for the closest thing he saw a white SUV with a dark green stripe But the sound of hooves pounding from behind gained on him rapidly and he knew he wasn’t going to make it He still had twenty yards to go before he could reach safety behind the SUV when he was slammed to the ground As his breath was knocked from him Buck instinctively instinctively closed his eyes and curled into a ball waiting to be trampled to almost certain death Then something grabbed hold of him and pulled him backward Thinking one of the bison’s horns had hooked his belt Buck’s muscles tensed even more expecting to be tossed into the air When he didn’t go flying Buck opened his eyes 2