The Secret of the Scarlet Stone (A Gabby Girls Adventure Novel, Book One) by T.L. Clarke

Author:T.L. Clarke [Clarke, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: One Wish Publishing
Published: 2010-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

Her forehead crinkled with concentration as she looked up from reading the clue; her eyes pleaded with Jessica and Gabrielle for help.

Gabrielle carefully backed away from the edge of the pathway, pacing in a slow circle as she repeated the clue aloud:

First step on blue then step on green, reverse it back and count two three. At the wall you multiply, ten times two then add a five.

She stopped mid-stride, looking over at Zora. Their faces lit up instantly with shared excitement. “It’s the blue and green squares,” they screamed at the top of their lungs.

Jessica gave them a baffled stare. “I don’t get it. What are you talking about?”

“The clue says to first step on blue then step on green, reverse it back and count to three. Don’t you see? Rosalinda stepped on the wrong color square,” Gabrielle stated matter-of-factly.

Jessica looked at her bewildered.

“Don’t you see? It was a trick. The clue specifically says to first step on blue then step on green,” Gabrielle said slowly.

Rosalinda looked up unsteadily. “So, exactly how do I get out of here?” she screamed anxiously.

They peered down at her silently.

“Okay, Rosalinda, listen carefully. Turn around and stand in the direction as if you were still heading down the pathway. Then carefully hop onto the blue square and then hop onto the green square,” Zora instructed patiently.

Rosalinda carefully hopped over the gold square and wobbly landed on one foot on the blue square.

They all exhaled with relief.

Rosalinda clinched her face with determination as she hopped onto the green square.

Slowly, the pathway started to inch its way up. They all laughed with nervous relief, but their laughter stopped cold when the pathway stopped moving.

Rosalinda looked up at them nervously. “You guys, it didn’t work. What do I do now?” she wailed.

“Rosa, you’re not done. You have to hop your way down the pathway. First on blue then on green until you get to the end of the pathway,” Gabrielle instructed anxiously.

Rosalinda nervously wiped the dust from her face, leaving a long streak of dirt across her cheek. “You have got to be kidding me?” she asked nervously.

“Gabi’s right. You have to keep going, Rosa,” Zora instructed.

They looked on expectantly as Rosalinda mumbled something angrily in Spanish and hopped onto a blue square.

The pathway suddenly plummeted and Rosalinda wobbled violently, crashing to her knees. With horror, they screamed hysterically.

Jessica turned away in fright. “Oh, no! Oh, no! I can’t look! She’s dead this time. I just know it,” she wailed.

Zora and Gabrielle peered over the edge, breathing out with relief when they saw Rosalinda nervously dusting the dirt off of her sweater, as if nothing had happened.

“Wait, wait, wait, this is all wrong,” Zora said anxiously.

Rosalinda looked up, frozen with fear. “You think?” she asked scornfully.

Zora adjusted her glasses. “Okay, wait a minute. Let me read the clue again. Somehow, we must have missed an important step. Let me read it again:

First step on blue then step on green, reverse it back and count two three. At the wall you multiply, ten times two then add a five.

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