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. But the wall-scaling device
was so heavy with gnomes climbing upon it that the enemy
couldn't push the ladder away from the wall. And soon the
gnomes were climbing over the parapets!
The first gnome to stand on the prison wall was Barsh
himself. A tall dragonarmy guard swung a heavy
broadsword at Barsh's head. The gnome ducked under the
blade and dove at the feet of the soldier. As the guard
prepared to swing his sword down on Barsh's back, the
gnome pulled the soldier's legs together while another
gnome whacked the enemy in the belly with a stick. The
soldier lost his balance, falling off the battlement and
landing with a heavy thud on the prison grounds below.
Barsh couldn't believe that he was still alive.
And not only was Barsh alive, but his fellow gnomes
were swarming onto the parapet, overwhelming the small
number of dragonarmy soldiers who had been on watch.
"To the gate!" cried Barsh, leading his people along the
battlement to the front of the prison.
Even as they worked their way toward the gate, prison
guards were racing out of their barracks to fight the
intruders. If the gnomes couldn't get the gates opened
quickly, they'd be destroyed by the powerful dragonarmy
soldiers
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