Sophy wasn’t sure Tom believed her about being able to talk to the dragon. She didn’t blame him really. She could hardly believe it herself! It was tricky searching the garden with so many guards around. Sophy had to dodge behind statues and rose bushes so they didn’t see her. She searched hard but there was still no sign of Cloudy. “Did you find him?” she asked anxiously, when she met Tom in the maze an hour later. Tom shook his head. “I did see strange marks in the vegetable plot though – almost like a dog’s paw prints but with claw scrapes too. I covered them over with earth before anyone else saw them.” “Those must be Cloudy’s footprints!” said Sophy, excitedly. “Did you see anything else?” “Some of the beetroots have been pulled out of the ground. It looked like they’d been eaten.” Sophy thought for a moment.
