Chapter SevenDorinda was paralysed into immobility.
She stood staring at the great beast, her eyes fixed on his. Somewhere vaguely at the back of her mind she remembered hearing that, if one kept absolutely still and motionless, an animal did not attack.
Then a low growl came from the tiger’s throat. He opened his mouth to snarl, showing his teeth and she knew by the sudden tension of his neck and back that he was about to spring.
Yet she was frightened to the point where she could not run or do anything but stand helplessly waiting for his claws to tear her to pieces.
Suddenly there was an explosion in her ear and the whole forest seemed to vibrate with it.
The tiger fell with a thud amongst the undergrowth it had been standing in and hundreds of birds rose from the trees with a nois
