The Lost Tomb

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The Lost Tomb

• By Tom Baldwin
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• If you dont believe in gnomes then this
  would be a a perfect place to close
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Stood on his tip-toes at the back of crowd in
the village hall, Doily listened intently for the
booming voice of King Boily. The gathering grew
larger and larger and soon Doily was not the only
one standing on their toes attempting to hear
what the King had to say. Finally he clambered
onto his large pile of books, so as to be seen by
all gnomes Wellermas you all know, he began
nervously ex-pharaoh Tutankhamen placed a curse
on Gnome Valley because hehe was afraid ofof
Gnomes. Consequently, every five years, terrible,
terrible disasters will take place here in our
village. The silence was ear splintering.
Already, Farmer Zoily has informed me that the
ground is rock hard and in no condition to grow
crops. Now, to lift this curse we need someone
prepared to risk their life to save this village.
They will have to follow this map of the Egyptian
deserts and destroy Tutankhamen's corpse with his
own sword to bring peace to this village once
again. Suddenly everyone began shouting out why
their to important to go. Doily was doing what he
was doing before he himself knew it. He pushed
aside the crowd, grabbed the map and yelled Ill
do it!
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Does Doily drop his head and regret his actions?
OR Does Doily hold his head high and begin the
journey?
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• At that moment there was an uproar of boos and
  jeers from the onlookers. He couldnt make out
  all the comments but some he could.
• You couldnt squash a fly! You couldnt make
  it through the desert! You dont stand a
  chance!.
• From behind him Doily saw the King rolling on his
  back, choking with laughter. Younevereverhe
  spluttered, gasping for breath lift the
  curseno chance!
• Doily fought back the tears pilling up in his
  eyes. He wanted to help these selfish gnomes but
  if they didnt appreciate it he wouldnt go. He
  tarred the map in half, ran out of the hall and
  began to cry as he sprinted home.
• GO BACK!

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• At that moment there was an uproar of boos and
  jeers from the onlookers. He couldnt make out
  all the comments but some he could.
• You couldnt squash a fly! You couldnt make
  it through the desert! You dont stand a
  chance!.
• From behind him Doily saw the King rolling on his
  back choking with laughter. Youneverever he
  spluttered, gasping for breath lift thecurseno
  chance.
• Doily swallowed the tears pilling up in his eyes.
  Doily swallowed the embarrassment building up in
  his throat.
• Well your all to chicken to go, so I dont know
  who youre laughing at? piped up Doily. He
  turned to see if the King had recovered. King
  Boily was swaying on his feet attempting to
  steady himself. Very well then Doily. If you
  succeed in lifting the curse I will give you ten
  thousand Googons! (gnome money) butif you
  dont you will leave Gnome Valley for ever and
  never return!
• He held out a stubby hand for Doily to shake.
  Doily shook it. The King gave it a quick squeeze
  as if afraid to touch it before hobbling out of
  the back door. Doily could fell all the eyes on
  the back of his neck. He squashed himself through
  the crowd, out of the back doors and towards
  home.

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• Once sitting alone in his Gnome Hole, Doily was
  determined to prove all those gnomes wrong but on
  the other hand he couldn't leave Gnome Valley. It
  was his home. Right, he said to himself right.
  I can do this.

BUT COULD HE?
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• Does Doily stay at home after deciding that it
  was to far for his little legs to go?
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• Does Doily pick himself up and give the adventure
  a go?

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• After the embarrassing events at the Village Hall
  Doily had locked himself in his Gnome Hole
  refusing to open the door to anyone. After a week
  of loneliness Doily pepped out of the window
  only to see giant winds blowing sand all the way
  down the street. Within hours the entire village
  was covered in sand . Nobody could open their
  house door to get food or even attempt to clear
  the streets. After a week of wind and sand Gnome
  Valley was no more
• GO BACK!

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• Doily suddenly felt like such an idiot. How could
  he have even, for one second, imagined leaving
  his home to rot away under the curse. Doily
  seized some of his oldest rags and a few chicken
  wings before plunging them into the bottom of his
  rucksack. He then scooped up Spindleshanks, his
  pet chameleon, out of his cage and clambered out
  of his Gnome Hole. Gnomes were still pushing and
  shoving their way out of the hall. When they
  spotted him some laughed and those nearest
  stopped the conversation to point him out to
  their friend. Doily turned away, slung his back
  pack over his shoulder and set off towards the
  end of the road, Spindleshanks gently changing
  colour.
• Once Doily had come to the end of the road,
  he glanced up at the signpost. The hand pointing
  left read Goilys Café and the other Desert.
  Doily was tempted to grab a Cappuccino before
  setting off but thought better off it. He turned
  the corner and saw the landscape open up in front
  off him. It was empty. There was nothing. Nothing
  except miles and miles of sand as far as the eye
  could see and the odd one or two palm trees. He
  then took the map out of his rucksack and
  unravelled the ribbon tied in a neat bow around
  it so that it sprung open in his hands. It was an
  old and shrivelled piece of parchment that gave
  you the feeling that one wrong movement would
  make it tear into millions of tiny pieces. After
  a quick look at the map Doily saw that the
  Pyramids were located on the other side of the
  desert and that he would have to pass the
  Swallowing Swamp, the Creepy Castle and the
  gigantic Jungle.