The Boxcar Children Great Adventure 5-Book Set by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Author:Gertrude Chandler Warner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2021-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

The next morning after breakfast, Jessie said to the others, “We’d better take our backpacks and everything with us. We don’t know if we’ll be coming back here. We never know when we are going to get a new clue,” she explained to Cousin Alice and Cousin Joe.

Henry called Mary, and they gathered in the lobby to wait for her to arrive.

“How long will it take to get to that village? Mutan…something?” Benny asked.

The hotel clerk overheard Benny. She asked, “Do you mean Mutianyu by the Great Wall?”

Benny nodded.

“It’s not far,” the woman said. “About one and a half hours.”

Jessie wished Benny hadn’t asked. Though there was no one else in the lobby besides the clerk, the note had said not to let anyone know where they were going.

Mary arrived and Jessie explained where they wanted to go. “Oh, you’ll have fun there!” Mary exclaimed. “I’m glad you are getting to see some sites.”

Everyone was quiet on the ride except for Benny and Soo Lee, who played with their cloth tigers and tried to think of names for them.

When Mary pulled into a parking lot and announced they had arrived, Benny said, “I don’t see a wall.”

Mary laughed, “You’ll see it when you get out and look up.”

Everyone jumped out of the van. The wall was far above them, way up on top of a steep slope. Benny’s mouth dropped open. “It looks a lot bigger than it did on the poster!”

“In many places, the wall was built to run across the tops of mountain ridges,” Mary explained. “That made it even more difficult for invaders to cross. I’ll be waiting down here when you’ve seen everything,” she said. “I’m going to get some coffee and read a book I brought while I wait. Take as much time as you need.”

Everyone got their camera cases and Henry took the duffel bag as well. They walked through the parking lot and into an area where people were selling souvenirs, hats, and arts and crafts.

“There’s a sign for Mutianyu Village,” Henry said. “I hope it’s not very big. I don’t know how we are supposed to find Dr. Zhang there.”

The village wasn’t very large. They walked around looking at some of the older buildings until they saw a sign with both Chinese characters and English words on it. The English part read, Mutianyu Guest House and Restaurant.

“Let’s go ask there,” Jessie suggested.

Inside they found a woman at a reception desk working on a laptop. She looked up and smiled. “Can I help you? I’m afraid we have no rooms available, but our restaurant is open.”

“We are looking for someone,” Henry said. “Someone named Dr. Zhang. Do you know her? Or him? We don’t know if Dr. Zhang is a man or a woman.”

“Yes, of course,” the woman responded. “Dr. Zhang is a woman. She is staying here while she works on a book, but today she is on top of the wall, showing a group of visiting students around.”

“We’d like to see her as soon as possible,” Jessie said.

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