All the caimans had taken their departure, except one that was crawling over the upturned roots, and coming toward the poor refugees with wide open jaws.

And smaller ones that had been overthrown showed masses of upturned roots.

The shadow she had observed earlier was still crouched behind the tree's upturned roots.

The upturned roots kept the bole high enough for the five strikers to walk under, but they all crouched anyway.

Meyer trotted between the blade and the upturned roots, then into the full glare of the burning trunk.

Rain had washed the upturned roots clean of leaf mold.

"Nonsense," I said again, but we clambered down to the spot, and got between the upturned roots and the bank.

A few of the biggest trees had fallen and their upturned roots had pulled up wedges of the clayey soil.

More of the men came into the open from behind upturned roots that had been turned silver by years of exposure to the elements.

It threaded through a knot of upturned roots that Sharina had thought was completely impervious to an object so long.