title: Oxford Reading Tree: Level 3: Sparrows: Pip and the Little Monkey
author:  Roderick Hunt 
description: Roderick Hunt is a former teacher, and now a full-time author.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  
    * [Chapter 1](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_001.html#filepos1588)
    * [Chapter 2](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_002.html#filepos21192)
    * [Chapter 3](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_003.html#filepos49941)
    * [Chapter 4](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_004.html#filepos81182)
    * [Chapter 5](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_005.html#filepos168813)
    * [Chapter 6](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_006.html#filepos247235)
    * [Chapter 7](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_007.html#filepos308353)
    * [Chapter 8](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_008.html#filepos340255)
    * [Chapter 9](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_009.html#filepos377857)
    * [Chapter 10](Nine_Princes_in_Amber_split_010.html#filepos404150)
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.
  
  I attempted to wriggle my toes, succeeded. I was sprawled there in a hospital
  bed and my legs were done up in plaster casts, but they were still mine.
  
  I squeezed my eyes shut, and opened them, three times.
  
  The room grew 