Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) by Osborne Mary Pope

Author:Osborne, Mary Pope [Osborne, Mary Pope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307980519
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

Jack took out his notebook and pencil and wrote:

Memnon=Ruler of the Dawn

He looked at the ruins again. The pharaoh’s temple had vanished with time. The statues were faceless, their bodies broken and worn away by thousands of years of wind and sand. The wounded giants still looked amazingly powerful, though. Through the dry heat, Jack could imagine their ancient song.

HEE-HAW!

Jack jumped. “What’s that?”

“A donkey! Up ahead somewhere,” said Annie, “past those temple ruins. I’ll bet it’s Florence’s donkey. Hurry! Let’s go!”

Jack put away his notebook and pencil and the handbook. “Giddyup!” he said, and his donkey started walking again. “Annie, when we find Florence, try to act surprised, so she won’t think we’re following her. Be cool.”

“Don’t worry, I’m always cool,” said Annie. “But we’ll have to find a way to stick close to her, so we can find out her secret of greatness.”

“Yeah,” Jack sighed. “The only problem is I’m having trouble seeing what makes her so great,” he said. He thought Florence seemed unhappy and unfriendly.

“But she is great,” said Annie. “I know she is!”

Jack and Annie kept riding their donkeys through the heat and dust. When they stopped at the ruins of an ancient temple, there were no signs of Florence or Mustafa among the broken columns and crumbling walls. There were no signs of any living things.

“I don’t see them,” said Jack. “We must have lost them somewhere.” He shivered, despite the heat. The quiet felt spooky to him. He grabbed his canteen and took a long drink of water. Annie did the same. Then she poured a little bit of water into her cupped hand and offered it to Koku.

“Do you think we should keep going to the Valley of the Queens?” asked Annie.

“I guess so,” said Jack.

“Florence and Mustafa are probably already there,” said Annie. “Giddyup, Bunny.”

As the donkeys walked toward the cliffs, Jack couldn’t shake his uneasy feeling. Everything was the color of mud and sand. The only other living creatures were some vultures circling in the sky. As Jack stared up at the birds, Annie brought her donkey to a halt.

“Oh, wow! Those must be the tombs of the pharaons’ wives!” said Annie. She pointed to several huge square holes carved into the limestone walls of the cliffs.

“Yeah.” Jack shuddered. “You know, I think I’d like to go back. This place gives me the creeps.”

“Are you afraid of ghosts?” said Annie.

Jack shook his head. “I don’t know. Maybe. Let’s just go,” he said. “We can wait for Florence back at Charles and Selina’s boat.”

“Don’t you at least want to peek inside one of the tombs?” asked Annie.

“Nope,” Jack said.

“Well, okay, you don’t have to,” said Annie. “But if I don’t take a look, I’ll always wonder what I missed. Koku and I will be right back.”

“No, Annie, let’s leave this place,” said Jack.

“Just one teeny minute,” said Annie. Holding on to the baby baboon, she climbed off her donkey. “We’ll just take a quick look in that one.” She pointed to the nearest tomb cut into the mountain.

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