At first the path went right along the steep edge, but soon it turned, circling around a thick and prickly bus

At first the path went right along the steep edge, but soon it turned, circling around a thick and prickly bush. No sooner had we turned than we ran into a band of kobolds, who were approaching from the opposite direction! If there were any more footprints on the path, the kobolds surely trampled them. But we had no time to concern ourselves with that...