The Great Gold Robbery
“It’s to my friends, Lisa and Doctor Proctor.”
The woman nodded, pushed her hat back into place, and took the postcard while the boy spread out the map and started explaining to the man how to reach civilization. She read the postcard.
Nilly stood out in front of the store, waving as the old couple’s car disappeared down the country road, kicking up a cloud of dust behind it. The sound of its engine faded away, and all that could be heard was cautious birdsong from the vast forests that ...surrounded the hangar, which bore a large banner that said SALE! HANG GLIDERS 30% OFF WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!!
But as Nilly stood there, he heard something else. A voice. It was coming from the air somewhere far above him.
“Heh-heh, Nilly! NILLY! Look!”
Nilly put his hand up to block the sun and peered up at the hang glider circling in the air above him. A person wearing a snug-fitting red bodysuit, which was extra tight over his potbelly, and a pair of glasses with lenses so thick they looked like big marbles, dangled underneath the glider.MoreLess
The woman nodded, pushed her hat back into place, and took the postcard while the boy spread out the map and started explaining to the man how to reach civilization. She read the postcard.
Nilly stood out in front of the store, waving as the old couple’s car disappeared down the country road, kicking up a cloud of dust behind it. The sound of its engine faded away, and all that could be heard was cautious birdsong from the vast forests that ...surrounded the hangar, which bore a large banner that said SALE! HANG GLIDERS 30% OFF WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!!
But as Nilly stood there, he heard something else. A voice. It was coming from the air somewhere far above him.
“Heh-heh, Nilly! NILLY! Look!”
Nilly put his hand up to block the sun and peered up at the hang glider circling in the air above him. A person wearing a snug-fitting red bodysuit, which was extra tight over his potbelly, and a pair of glasses with lenses so thick they looked like big marbles, dangled underneath the glider.MoreLess
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