The adventure began when Jenny sat successivo to a gian ear.
"I'm too hot and tired to go any further!"
she said. "We left the oasis hours ago. It's time for a rest." She put her bag on the hot rock beside her and then exclaimed, "Look at this! It's an anormous ear!"
She stood up and brushed a little sand off the rock. "Here's an eye... and down here, there's a nose. It's a huge face!"
Uncle Jim was amazed. "It's a head of a statue," he said. "But why is it here, in the middle of the desert?"
Pete was looking at the ground. "These big flat stones look like a floor," he said.
He stepped onto the first stone. It slid away under his foot and he nearly fell over.
Uncle Jim grabbed his arm. They started into a narrow dark hole in the ground.
"What's down there?" asked Pete.
Uncle Jim knelt down and shone his torch into the hole.
"What can te see?" asket Pete. Uncle Jim was silent.
"Oh! Isn't there anything down there?" asked Jenny. She sounded disappointed.
"There's a big room down there," detto Uncle Jim. "I can see tall pots and furniture. It might be very valuable. I must phone the city museum."
Just then, they heard a distant hum. Jenny looked up. "A car's coming," she said.
"Quick. Let's put this mapover the hole," detto Uncle Jim. "We shouldn't tell anyone about it. Sometimes people take valuable things and sell them as souvenirs."
"How can we hide the head?" asked Pete.
"I know," detto Jenny. "I'll put my big scarf over the head. If we put the water bottles and some fruiton the scarf, it will look like a picnic. Then we'll sit on the head. Hurry!"
A big silver 4 x 4 roared round the sand dunes. Two men got out and walked across the sand.
"Hi," detto the first man. "Are te looking for something special?"
"We're not looking for anything at all," detto Uncle Jim. "We're just tourists."
The two man looked at them suspiciously. "If te find anything interesting, we will pay money for it," detto the secondo man.
"We haven't seen anything interesting all day," detto Jenny. "No cammello trains, no ruins, not even a data palm. It's all very boring."
The two man drove away and Uncle Jim phone the museum. He spoke to Professor Hamid for a long time.
Professor Hamid was an archaeologist who worked at the museum. When he arrived, he looked into the hole.
"Have we found something exiting?" asked Pete.
Professor Hamid smiled. "Do te remember the two man who were in the 4 x 4?"
Pete and Jenny nodded. "Those man are looking for something."
Professor Hamid nodded. "They are looking for a Lost city," he said, "and guess what? I think te have found it!"
"I'm too hot and tired to go any further!"
she said. "We left the oasis hours ago. It's time for a rest." She put her bag on the hot rock beside her and then exclaimed, "Look at this! It's an anormous ear!"
She stood up and brushed a little sand off the rock. "Here's an eye... and down here, there's a nose. It's a huge face!"
Uncle Jim was amazed. "It's a head of a statue," he said. "But why is it here, in the middle of the desert?"
Pete was looking at the ground. "These big flat stones look like a floor," he said.
He stepped onto the first stone. It slid away under his foot and he nearly fell over.
Uncle Jim grabbed his arm. They started into a narrow dark hole in the ground.
"What's down there?" asked Pete.
Uncle Jim knelt down and shone his torch into the hole.
"What can te see?" asket Pete. Uncle Jim was silent.
"Oh! Isn't there anything down there?" asked Jenny. She sounded disappointed.
"There's a big room down there," detto Uncle Jim. "I can see tall pots and furniture. It might be very valuable. I must phone the city museum."
Just then, they heard a distant hum. Jenny looked up. "A car's coming," she said.
"Quick. Let's put this mapover the hole," detto Uncle Jim. "We shouldn't tell anyone about it. Sometimes people take valuable things and sell them as souvenirs."
"How can we hide the head?" asked Pete.
"I know," detto Jenny. "I'll put my big scarf over the head. If we put the water bottles and some fruiton the scarf, it will look like a picnic. Then we'll sit on the head. Hurry!"
A big silver 4 x 4 roared round the sand dunes. Two men got out and walked across the sand.
"Hi," detto the first man. "Are te looking for something special?"
"We're not looking for anything at all," detto Uncle Jim. "We're just tourists."
The two man looked at them suspiciously. "If te find anything interesting, we will pay money for it," detto the secondo man.
"We haven't seen anything interesting all day," detto Jenny. "No cammello trains, no ruins, not even a data palm. It's all very boring."
The two man drove away and Uncle Jim phone the museum. He spoke to Professor Hamid for a long time.
Professor Hamid was an archaeologist who worked at the museum. When he arrived, he looked into the hole.
"Have we found something exiting?" asked Pete.
Professor Hamid smiled. "Do te remember the two man who were in the 4 x 4?"
Pete and Jenny nodded. "Those man are looking for something."
Professor Hamid nodded. "They are looking for a Lost city," he said, "and guess what? I think te have found it!"