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"Maybe
if we throw a peppermint bone on the outside,
da Muff will want to go after it." says
J. "Man, that knight is sure smart. No
wonder they made him a knight, thought G. "Great
idea, Hoo. Cut a slab of peppermint off your
biggest chunk and throw!"
Julio called da Muff over and showed her the
peppermint ‘bone’ and threw it outside. Walla!
Out she squeezed as easy as pie after it!
Then G & J sat inside the mountain wondering
what their idea had been all along. I guess they
thought da Muff might open the door from the
outside for them to get out! HA! So now Muff
is on the outside and we are on the inside. "Well
now, that didn’t help us much, did it? says G
dejectedly. Julio poked his nose out the crevice
and said, "How's things out there Muff?" "I'm
gonna go catch some fish or a bird ... something
to eat" says da Muff, "see ya."
So there they sat, puzzled and confused, while
Julio leaned back against one of the statues,
and hit the ground with his sword. Well who knows
if he just hit the right spot, or leaned the
right way, or what …. but instantly, a white,
iridescent line of light lit up an arch around
and above the crevice. Ten seconds later, the
whole wall opened outward, practically blinding
them, it was so bright. They wasted no time.
The horses had shied at the light too, and Julio
had to run inside to grab them, and wooofff!
They were out … all of them. Horses, frog, jars,
diamonds, peppermint, sword, shield, G & J
!!! They did a little dance to celebrate! "Well
that wasn’t so bad, was it?" exclaimed
G, looking much more cheerful than she had just
three minutes earlier.
Julio looked around rather eerily and said "I
don’t think we are in Timbuktoo anymore." Then
Granma gave the place the once-over. "I think
you’re absolutely right."
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