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You nudge Kit, whispering, “Let’s go that way.” From the waning light of the flashlight’s beam, you see him nod. Kit passes through the small opening easily. It’s your turn. You squeeze your top half through, ruing the fact that you chomped down three-fourths of a pepperoni pizza at Louie’s at the beginning of this cargo run. Kit grabs onto your hands. You take a deep breath, suck in your ample stomach, and pop through the hole. You then wait for a second in silence to make sure that the lions didn’t hear you. They didn’t. Good. If there are any diamonds, you want them all for yourself. Turning on the flashlights, you cautiously make your way along the tunnel, nearly doubled over. This pathway is cramped. The tunnel goes down and you find yourself hanging onto the wall to keep from sliding. But then you hit a patch of water and you slide on your backside down, down, down. Flailing your arms wildly, you grab at anything that might keep you from sliding further. However, the sides are very smooth and there’s nothing to hold onto. You grab onto Kit, dragging the boy along with you. You slide for several feet on a smooth, cool, level surface before coming to a stop. Kit turns on his flashlight. Yours was lost somewhere. You are greeted by a rainbow of sparkling colors. Diamonds! “Wow!” Kit gasps, his eyes growing wider. Standing up, Kit shines the flashlight around. A wall of diamonds made up of gigantic diamond squares reaches to the ceiling like a large glass prism. You see that this wall adjoins two other walls of huge diamonds. You have discovered the Lost City of Diamonds! There are mounds of loose diamonds - some as small as a pea, others as big as your fist - littering the floor. Kit begins scooping diamonds into his sack. You... |