For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I shine the flashlight around the room. Well, it’s a nice big bedroom, I say to Muffin. We go inside, close and lock the door. Look, a couple of kerosene lamps, which I light quickly. That looks much better, right Muffin? Meow, meow. What do you mean, a plane going home would be much better? This is going to be fun, just watch. Meow. (We’re going to die and he says fun.) Hey, some candles too and a note, says here that the electricity goes off sometimes. See? That’s all there is to it Muffin. Muffin just gives me that odd look she does sometimes.
Okay, I said, it might be something else, we can’t check until tomorrow though. I’ll give Rossana a call. What? Why is my battery dead on the phone Muffin? Meow. You were playing games on the plane? You could have told me that at the airport so I could have charged it there. Meow. (sorry). Oh well, Rossana is likely going to check on us tomorrow if she can’t get hold of us by phone. I decide to put the dresser in front of the door just in case. Muffin has already begun checking the room so I join in. Okay Muffin, looks like no one is listening. Meow. (I agree). There certainly has been some strange things happening today.
Meow. You’re worried Muffin? I admit, right now I’m a bit worried too. But things will look better in the morning. Meow. (I hope so). In a place this big, it’s impossible to tell if someone else is out here. Perhaps someone that works out here who would know the place better than we do. At least we still have our boat in case we need to leave, I say to Muffin. Meow? That’s okay, I fixed things so no one can steal the boat. Now we better get some sleep, lots of work to do tomorrow. Meow? Yes, I plan on sleeping, don’t forget, you slept on the plane, I didn’t.
I went to bed and fell asleep quickly, but Muffin wanted to stay up and watch for awhile. I tell her not to play with the flashlights, we’re going to need them. Suddenly I wake up with Muffin slapping my face! What’s wrong Muffin? Meow. Oh, it’s daylight, time to get up and get to work. I get cleaned up while Muffin waits impatiently. Okay Muffin, ready for a day of exploring? Meow, meow. (No, but I imagine we will anyway). Right, it’s going to be fun! Meow. (we have different ideas of fun). First we will give a quick check to every room we can find in this palace. Meow? Yes, even the rooms we were not allowed to go in. This case is too strange, we’re not leaving rooms unchecked.
However, let’s go check on our boat. We get to the boat area and…our boat is gone! Guess I slept too soundly. Muffin sighs. Stop sighing. Meow, meow? (we’re going to die and you want me to stop sighing?). Don’t forget, when Rossana doesn’t hear from us, she will come and check. Meow. Well, yes, if we can trust her. Don’t even suggest that, I’m sure we can trust her. Since we’re down here, let’s check the lower levels first. We walk down this long hallway with doors on both sides, mainly storage rooms of various kinds, some rooms completely empty. Good thing we have our flashlights, the hallway is dark, but all of the rooms have windows.
Finally we get to part of the hallway with no doors, suddenly we hear a creaking sound. We turn just in time to see a large wood door sliding across the hallway behind us. No way we could get there in time to get out. Hmm, this is not good, so we keep walking down the hall. Just ahead of us the hall turns to the left and…a dead end! Meow!
To be continued.
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Awe… c’mon?? You can’t stop right there? You were just getting going? Now I need to wait all weekend to see how you get out of this one? I can’t believe it….😲😬🤠
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Amazing how it always ends with something like that isn’t it? Well, I do need time to write the next chapter. This is going to be a tricky one.🤔🤔🙄😯🙃
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It’s well done anyway! Are you getting a good response on it?
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Thanks. Yes, the response is good so far. I think it’s ranking 3rd place right now. Nature’s Art and poems are top 2.
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Excellant Job! Way to go! Great Idea!
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Going to be tricky getting out of this one. I usually just put us in a spot, then try to get out of it later!😂😹🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Must be a secret panel hidden somewhere in that Palace?😬😲🤠🤭
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I’m sure there will be, but…😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Yes?????😬😲
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Sometimes they can be dangerous and you end up faaaaaaaallllllllling…😲😲😲😲😲
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yes they can! so be careful!
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Yep, you never know what kind of ups and downs might be in a big palace like this!
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Uh oh… Isense some kinda elevator!!😲😳😉
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Or something.😳😳😂😹🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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😲😳Really??
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Really.🤪😜🙄
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Your just trying to get me tobeg you to say something.. not gonna happen!! So what is it huh??
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Sorry, no more clues, until…Monday!
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Ha! You already did! You said or something like that!🤨🤔
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That doesn’t mean much, could be anything. I just worked out the details this afternoon.😂😹🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Ah huh.. okay.. well you got me hooked already anyway.. so monday it is!😝
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That’s when things start to fly!
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Like a ghost?🤔😲
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Never know.🤔😳👻🐱🏍
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So… how did someone steal the huh?? If you disabled it by say removing the soark plug?? Or turning off the gas? Huh? Tell me that wise one!!🤔🤔😉😁😸
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Hey, if I went into too much detail this story would get kinda long. They could tow the boat, just move it down the island a bit and hide it. After all, we haven’t looked around outside yet. It’s a long island, but narrow. Wish I could show a pic but all the ones I have found are copyrighted. Sigh.😀😺🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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You have thought of it all! Very impressive!😸😁🤔
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If this was a book, then I would go into more detail. But here I have to keep things a bit shorter.😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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I can understand that.. I was just tugging your pant leg!😁😉😸😸
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Didn’t feel a thing.😂🤣🙄
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It’s so exciting to be in the story! What I will do? Can you trust me? I do not know!😅😂😂😂
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Yes indeed, you never know what you might do!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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So true!😂
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We might just find out next time!😂😂😹😹🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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🙈
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😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Exciting!
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Thanks!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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You’re welcome!
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Fun times for you and Muffin ! Waiting…
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Next time things begin to fly! Thanks for reading!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Oh my god!!!! It’s getting so………MIND-BLOWING!!!!😂
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Thanks Eshal, things will really start to fly in the next chapter!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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See! You should listen to Muffin! All this talk about sleeping is reminding me to go to bed. Yawn.
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Oh my, this is bad, my story is putting you to sleep!😳🙄😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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No, I’m sleepy while I was reading, and you kept reminding me of bed! Gosh you’re hopeless! 😂
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That’s why I have Muffin to help me!😂😹🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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😂😂😂
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Oh no, a dead-end…now what? 🛑
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Yes, this place is full of interesting problems!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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