Take the Mummy and Run by Mary Amato

Author:Mary Amato
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

We were stunned by our good luck.

“Wow, Mom,” I said. “Why didn’t you tell us it was an ancient Egypt exhibit?”

She shrugged. “I tried.”

Guys dressed up like pharaohs were showing us where to park, and the people taking the tickets were dressed up like Egyptian gods and goddesses.

“Look, there’s Queen Nefertiti!” Amelia exclaimed.

This museum knew how to do it.

We went inside. There was another exhibit on Rome, which Mom made us roam through first. Finally, we got to the Egyptian exhibit.

The first room was filled with all sorts of cool objects. Orville pointed to a jar with a lid shaped like the head of a jackal. “That would make a cool cookie jar.”

“That’s a canopic jar,” Amelia said. “It was used to store a dead person’s stomach.”

Orville’s eyes popped out. “If we ever go to Egypt, let’s pack our own snacks. Okay, Wilbur?”

“Check this out.” I pointed to a whole case full of scarabs made out of gems.

Orville whispered into his pocket, “Hey, Scary, you’re famous!”

“Wilbur,” Mom asked, “why is Orville talking to his pocket?”

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