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Another
little room led off of the big chamber. Julio
and Muff went in. "Hey, Granma. Come
here and see!" She went to the door and
had to stoop down, bending over to enter. It
was a dome roofed, round room about the size
of three elephants. On the walls hung all kinds
of armor: swords, knives, shields, mail shirts. "Wow!" cried
out Julio. "We gotta take some of this
back with us!" "I dono" said
Granma. "If it belonged to the dead bones
in there, they might not like that." "Guess
you’re right. But golly, would I like to have
some of that!" said Julio.
The mail shirts were made out of real silver,
and the swords and knives had pearly handles,
pink quarts handles and even gold ones. The shields
were decorated with inlaid stones of precious
gems. Some of them even looked like diamonds.
G & J must of spent at least an hour in there
looking around, until the horses started stamping
and pawing outside. Now where has that Muff gone
to? They found parchments on a dusty table; scrolls
that were rolled up and the remains of a big
leather-bound book. Julio opened the book very
carefully, but it was falling apart. All he could
see was some writing that looked like lines and
hen scratches to him, and then it disappeared.
The scrolls couldn’t even be touched; they crumbled
even if you breathed on them. The corner of one
got ruined when J. sneezed at all the dust.
"We better get going, Hoo," said G "the
horses are getting antsy." "Yeah, but I
wish we could come here again to vestigate," said
J. When they came out of the golden coffin room into
the heart of the mountain, they could see the marshmallow
balls on the horses glowing brightly. And the light
that had been coming in the white swirly stripes
of the Peppermint, was now a dull gray-orange. Funny,
the golden light in the coffin room hadn't changed. "It
must be getting dark," said Hoo. "Are we
gonna have to stay in this mountain all night? Ai
yai yai," he said.
"Well, we have our headlights, so if your game,
I’m game," said G. "What did we bring
headlights for if it wasn’t to travel at night?" So
on they rode, but very slowly. "I think the
horses are getting pretty hungry," said G. The
headlights worked pretty good, but they still could
only see maybe 50 feet ahead of them. "What
if we have to go up and there’s another drop off
on the side?" asked Hoo. "Well, in that
case, I guess we had better spend the night in here." said
G. "You think of almost everything. Hoo-man."
So far, so good. Everything was flat and wide for
quite a ways. J began to yawn and so did G. Muff
was a good lead with her headlight that kept them
focused for awhile. Seemed there were a lot of
dark openings on the sides; caves or rooms. Then
Julio said, "You know, it would be more interesting
to vestigate this place in the daylight." "You’re
absolutely right! And safer traveling, too." said
G. Let’s stop where all these scraggly rocks are
and hang up the hammock for the night. Poor horses,
nothing to eat. "I’m hungry, aren’t you Hoo?" asked
G. "Yeah, starving!" was the reply. "Wonder
if Mober & Pep like papaya or avacado peeling
?" asked Hoo. "Well, there’s one way
to find out." said G.
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