i was not scared of anything when i read my book : i was far away , in ancient egypt , learning about hathor , and how she had stalked egypt in the form of a lioness , and killed so many people that the sands of egypt turned red , and how they had only defeated her by mixing beer and honey and sleeping draughts , and dying this concoction red , so she thought it was blood , and she drank it , and fell asleep .