The jaguar bounded towards the stairs gracefully and then ran up them at such a great speed that Raven’s breath was caught in his throat.

The jaguar then stood still on the upper landing and stared down at Jim and the others who were rooted to their seats in the TV room.

“Is it gonna leap down now?” Raven asked from between teeth which were still chattering.

“No, it knows that it’s time to go back to its enclosure,” Jim replied in a calm and low tone of ...