Tut, Tut #6 by Jon Scieszka

Author:Jon Scieszka [Scieszka, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9780142400470
Publisher: PUFFIN
Published: 2004-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

Page 10

“Mmmm . . . duck. Or maybe goose.” Another grab. “Bread. Mmmrph . . . a little chewy.” Fred raised a green cup. “A little something to wash it down—woo! Wine.”

“Fred,” I whispered, pulling at his robe. “Take it easy. Let’s try to act like very important guests, so we don’t get into any more trouble.”

Then we calmly and very importantly loaded our plates with roasted bird, figs, grapes, cucumbers, and bread. We finished that and came back for ox meat, more fruit, fish, nuts, and honey.

Sam wiped up the last bit of honey on his plate with a piece of bread and leaned back with a satisfied sigh. “I think I could get used to this.”

Fred went back for one more helping of bread and ox meat. “That was just what I needed. All of that b-ball and surfing can make a guy hungry.” Fred polished off the last of his custom-made ox burger and wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his robe. “Now let’s get down to business and figure out how we’re going to get out of here.”

I looked around the room full of people still eating, drinking, and talking. “We’re miles away from Hatshepsut’s temple,” I said. “I don’t know how we’re ever going to get back there to find Anna and

The Book.”

“No problem,” said Fred. “We’re friends of the Pharaoh. He can get us anything we want.”

“I don’t know,” said Sam, pessimistic as always. “You know how our adventures usually turn out. I still can’t believe we’re in ancient Egypt and haven’t been trapped in a pyramid or wrapped up like mummies with our vital organs in jars and our brains pulled out our noses with a hook.”

“Thank you, Sam, for that pleasant thought,” I said, scanning the room. I saw Hatsnat next to a pillar. He was with his whole crew of bald priests. “I have a feeling we’ve already run into the most dangerous thing in ancient Egypt. And we’ll probably run into him again.”

I was still trying to think of another good magic trick I could use to fool Hatsnat if I had to, when a blast of music quieted the room. A whole orchestra of musicians we hadn’t seen struck up an official-sounding tune. Everyone stood up. A curtain at the far end of the room was whipped back and Thutmose and a very important-looking woman stepped forward. She was wearing an awesome cobra crown.

“Long live Hatshepsut and Thutmose,” boomed a voice. “All hail!”

Everyone bowed. Thutmose and Hatshepsut took their seats at the head of a long table, and the orchestra started another tune. A line of girls clinking cymbals and clappers danced out from behind the curtain. My jaw dropped.

One of the girls looked different from the others. She had the same robes and makeup and instruments, but she was much paler. I stared at her and rubbed my eyes. She looked like Anna.

I looked again. She looked at me, then waved and smiled a familiar goofy little-sister smile.

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