He actually stood upright on the raft, precariously, and its branches cracked and parted under his feet.

I sighted along the barrel, waited till the branches parted, aimed at the faraway form and squeezed off the shot.

The branches parted, and a face looked out at me.

Two branches parted, and he glimpsed a little man moving from limb to limb as easily as a squirrel.

Then the branches on the bank between the two androids parted, and her laugh died as three men sprang out into the open.

As the branches parted Bane saw - for a moment only - the face of the tiger, and found himself staring into baleful, golden eyes.

The branches parted and a face peered through at them.

Across the meadow, the branches of a thick bush parted, and the head of a blink dog poked through, staring with interest at the trio.

Furzegrove inserted himself into the thicket; the branches parted easily, and the ground became soft underfoot.

Before he reached the spruces, the branches parted, and a huge shape stepped forward, glowing in the moonlight.