DESMOND IS A BOY YOU WISH YOU WOULD NOT MEET. HE FILLS YOU WITH WONDER OF ALL THE SECRETS HE KEEPS.THE REASON WE KNOW THIS IS THAT IT HAD HAPPENED,ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IT IS ADVENTUROUS.THIS BOOK IS ABOUT DESMOND TELLING HIS STORY ,AND THE STORY OF HOW HE IS NOW BEING WATCHED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, IN A JAIL OF THE ………. I SHOULD NOT SPEAK OF IT; IT WILL BRING TERROR AND NIGHTMARES.ANYWAYS, IT ALL STARTS AT THE BIRTH OF DESMOND STERT.HE WAS CURSED. WHAT CURSE YOU ASK? THE CURSE OF KNOWING THINGS THAT NOBODY SHOULD KNOW.HIS FATHER HAVE LEFT THEM FOR THE SAKE OF DESMONDS LIFE.BUT YEARS HAVE PAST AND DESMOND HAS GROWN STILL NOT KNOWING OF THE CURSE.”DESMOND,”MRS.VERSON SAYS OUT LOUD FOR THE CLASS TO HEAR.I SLOWLY WALKED TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.”WHERE IS YOUR REPORT,”MRS.VERSON ASKED.”IT IS NOT HERE,” I REPLY SHARPLY.”WHAT AM GOING TO DO WITH YOU, “SAID MRS. VERSON SARCASTICLY. “SEND HIM TO DETENTION!”SCREAMED OUT THE TEACHERS PET, KAYLA.”GOOD SUGGESTION,”MRS.VERSON HAD REPLIED.I MADE MY WAY QUIETLY OUT OF THE ROOM TO TURN IN MY DETENTION SLIP.I GLANCED OUT THE WINDOW. ”WHAT WAS THAT,” I THOUGHT. IT WAS AS IF I SAW A DARK FIGURE STARING AT ME. “IT IS JUST MY IMAGINATION,” I THOUGHT. I CONTINUED TO WALK TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE. WHEN SCHOOL WAS FINALLY OVER I GLUMLY WALKED OUT AND SLOWLY WALKED HOME, BUT ON MY WAY I SAW A GIRL I HAD NEVER RECONIZED BEFORE. I SUDDENLY REALIZED. SHE WAS THE DARK FIGURE STARRING AT ME DURING SCHOOL. I APPROCHED HER.WHEN I LOOKED AT HER AGAIN SHE NOTICED MY ARRIVAL. SHE TOLD ME TO QUICKLY GET UNDER A CAR. I FOLLOWED HER INSTRUCTIONS WITH LITTLE ENTHUSIASAM. I SCURRIED UNDER A SPORTS CAR.THE GROUND SUDDENLY SHOOK.TREES WERE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND THUNDER CRACKLED UP BEYOND THE CLOUDS.SCARED OUT OF MY WITS, I FLED FROM BENEATH THE SPORTS CAR.A STRONG CATERGORY FIVE TORNADOE WAS IN THE MAKING.TO MY RIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER TORNADOE WAS HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARDS ME! SOON ANOTHER TERRIBLE EVENT HAPPENED, THE GROUND BEGAN TO OPENED UP LEAVING ME TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ONLY TWO CHOICES, ONE GET SWALLOWED UP INTO TWO TORNADOES, OR TWO EITHER GET DEVOURED BY THE HUGE OPENING IN THE EARTH’S CRUST LEADING TO AN UNKNOWN SITE.I CHOSE THE DEEP AND DARK OPENING, BECAUSE MY CURIOUSITY JUST GOT THE BEST OF ME, RATHER THAN BEING TORN TO MY DEATH IN A TORNADOE ATTACK.SO I JUMPED TO MY DOOM INTO THE DARK MYSTERIOUS PIT.I FELL FLAT ON MY FACE.I SLOWLY GOT UP,INSIDE THE DARK OPENING THERE WERE TORCHES HUNG ON THE WALL.”DESMOND STERT”CALLED AN EERIE VOICE.”YES”I REPLIED IN A SHAKY VOICE.”COME TO ME”REPLIED THE MYSTERIOUS VOICE.”UHHHHHHHHH”CALLED BACK THE TERRIFIED ME.”BRING ME YOUR SOUL”CALLED BACK THE MYSTERIOUS VOICE.”UHHH I LIKE WHERE MY SOUL IS AND THANK YOU”I REPLIED SHARPLY AND SARCASTICLY.THE TOP OF THE CRACK OPENED ONCE AGAIN TO LET ME OUT.ONCE OUT, I RAN HOME TO BE GREETED BY MY MOTHER. AS I STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR, IT FELT WEIRD. FIRST OF ALL, MY MOTHER DIDN’T GREET ME, AND WHEN SHE TALKED IT SOUNDED LIKE FINGERNAILS SCRATCHING AGAINST A CHALKBOARD.”SWEETIE CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION”SAID MY MOTHER.”I GUESS”I REPLIED.”THE BERMUDA HAS AN ANGLE SIX AND IT ONLY LEADS TO FORTUNA LAND HOW IT MADE ZUES POWERFUL? HE IS GOD OF AIR WHICH INCREASES PROBUBILITY.” .I THOUGHT, “HOW DID I KNOW THIS, I DIDN’T EVEN STUDY IT IN SCHOOL”.I LOOKED AT MY MOM STUDYING EVERY DETIAL.”HISSSSSSSSSS”SAID MY MOMS HAIR.”SWEETIE ONE MORE QUESTION.YES” I SAID NOT LOOKING AT HER FACE, BUT HAIR.MY MOM THEN TOOK OFF A WIG PLACED OPON HER HEAD, TO REVEAL RATTLING SNAKES.”AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”I SCREAMED OUT.THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO DO, HE HAD TO GO TO THAT GIRL.”YOU WHINY BABY “THE GIRL HAD REPLIED.”I WONT DO YOUR DIRTY WORK.”PLEASE”I BEGGED
“NO”.”I WILL DO YOUR HOMEORK FOR A YEAR”I REPLIED.”TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL YOU DUMMY.”SHE REPLIED FIERCLY.”OH I MUST HAVE FROGOTTON.”ANYWAY”THE GIRL SAID.”I WILL JOIN, ON ONLY ONE CONDITION.”WHAT WOULD THAT BE “I SAID CURIOUS TO KNOW?”WELL THERE IS A KID……”GO ON”I DESMOND SAID CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE.”HE IS A BOY AND HIS NAME IS LUKE “THE MYSTERIOUS GIRL SAID QUIETLY.”HE IS MY BEST FRIEND BUT HE IS SIDEKICK.””HE CAN JOIN “I SAID GLUMLY.AT THIS POINT I DID NOT WANT ANYONE ELSE TO JOIN ,BUT HE NEEDED HER IN IT.THEN OUT OF NO WHERE LUKE POPPED OUT,HE HAD DARK SHADES,BLACK HAIR,HE LOWERED HIS GLASSES AND I SAW HE HAD GREEN EYES THAT GLEAMED IN THE SUN.”I AM LUKE”HE SAID IN A BRAVE AND HIGH VOICE.”I SEE YOU HAVE MET MY FRIEND ARTEMIS”HE SAID IN A BUFF AND ANOTHER HIGH TONE.”THAT’S HER NAME”I SAID IN A GIGGLE OR LAUGH IF YOU PREFER.ARTEMIS HELD HER FIST IN FRONT OF MY NOSE I SAW THAT IT WAS A SIGN TO BE QUIET.”WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?”SAID LUKE.”OH I FORGOT MEDUSA PRETENDED TO BE MY MOM AND ASKED ME WEIRD QUESTIONS THAT WOULD USALLY MAKE MY BRAIN EXPLODE

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“ARE YOU SURE MEDUSA CAME HERE?”QUESTIONED ARTEMIS.’I AM AS SURE AS ILL EVER BE.”BOOOOOO”SAID A VOICE COMING FROM A DISTANCE,I KNEW THIS BOY HE WAS A BOY IN HIS CLASS HIS NAME WAS GEORGE.”GEORGE WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?”I SAID IN AN ANGRY VOICE.”OHH DEAR DESMOND IT IS TIME TO TELL YOU .”GET OUT OF MY HOUSE DUDE,HOW DID YOU EVEN GET IN?YOU ARE A KID BURGULAR
!” I SAID FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS TO MY HOUSE.”THAT IS NOT THE POINT.”GEORGE SAID IN A LOW BUT DEMANDING VOICE.’JUST SIGN HERE TO PROMISE YOU WILL NOT TELL ANYBODY.” GEORGE SAID GRUFFLY .”OK ONLY IF YOU LEAVE” I SAID IN A TONE VERY DEADLY.I SIGNED.THEN GEORGE FORMED INTO A CENTAUR FIRST HIS FEET CHANGED TO HOOVES ,THEN HIS BODY TURNED INTO THE BODY OF A HORSE.I WATCHED, NOT BELIVING IN WHAT I WAS SEEING .I LOOKED OVER AT ARTEMIS HER EYES WERE WIDE OPEN WATCHING HIM TURN INTO A CENTAUR.THE

NEXT THING I KNEW ARTEMIS FELL DOWN.I KNEELED BESIDE HER.SHE WAS BLEEDING,BUT WHERE?THEN I NOTICED IT .A BOW HAD BEEN SHOT INTO HER CHEST. “HELP “I CRIED OUT. I SLOWLY TURNED AROUND AND WITNESSED A CENTAUR LOWERING HIS BOW. THE UNKNOWN CENTAUR MOTIONED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ARROWS. WHEN I TURNED AROUND TOWARDS GEORGE, THE CENTAUR, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE GEORGE APROACHING THE ARMED CENTAUR. ARTEMIS WAS LOSING BLOOD FAST. WHEN I TURNED AGAIN I WAS LOOKING AT TWO CENTAURS POINTING ARROWS AT ME INSTEAD OF ONE. I COULD SEE THAT MORE AND MORE HORSE PEOPLE WERE COMING. THE NEXT NINE MINUTES OF MY LIFE WERE BLURRY. I WAS HIT BY ABOUT THOUSANDS OF ARROWS TO THE LEAST AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS OUT COLD. WHEN I WOKE I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE GROUND MOVING SO CLOSE TO MY FACE BUT NOT ON IT. I WAS FLOATING! SOON ENOUGH THOUGH, I FOUND MYSELF TURNING TO SEE A STICK IN FRONT OF MY FACE WITH MY ARMS AND LEGS TIGHTLY KNOTED TO THE HUGE STICK. I STRUGGLED TO PEER AHEAD. IN FRONT OF ME I NOTICED ANOTHER TWO MOTIONLESS FIGURES NEATLY TIED TO ANOTHER HUGE STICK. UP IN FRONT I NOTICED A HUGE TEMPLE LIKE BUILDING. THEN THE PAIN SHOT INTO ME AND I GRIMINCED IN PAIN. THOSE ARROWS WERE PROBABLY POISONOUS. THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING STOPPED, EVEN THE PAIN FROM THE ARROWS PAUSED, AND I LOOKED TO MY FEET TO SEE THE BUILDING MORE ENORMOUS THAN EVER. THERE WAS A SIGN WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SYMBOLS ON IT ,BUT SOMEHOW I DECODED IT AND IT READ “PET STORE”AND BELOW IT ,IT SAID”WILD HUMANS FOR SALE”AND IN TINY LETTERS BELOW IT SAID” ALL FURIOUS AND SOME INJURED ON CHEST BUT ALIVE”.I STARTED TO FREAK OUT AND TRIED MY BEST TO ESCAPE,BUT IT WAS HOPELESS,EVEYTHING I TRIED TO DO FAILED ME.THEN I THOUGHT,IT WAS A HAPPY THOUGHT,I THOUGHT OF MY MOTHER AND I TOGETHER.A PUSH HAD RUINED MY THOUGHT,THEY SHOVED ME INTO A SMALL CAGE.I SAW THEM TAKE ARTEMIS (STILL UNCONCIOUS)TO A ROOM LABELED “SHOT ROOM”.I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON,I WAS SCARED ,I WASN’T SUPPOSE TO BE HERE ,I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT HOME CELEBRATING THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.THEN IT HAPPENED, CENTAURS FILLED THE BUILDING.A LITTLE CENTAUR GIRL POINTED AT ARTEMIS AND BEGGED TO HER MOTHER SAYING “I WANT THAT ONE I WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT I PROMISE”.I STARTED TO GET WORRIED,WOULD THEY TAKE ARTEMIS AWAY?I LOOKED BACK AT THEM,ANOTHER CENTAUR TOOK HER OUT OF THE CAGE AND INTO ANOTHER ROOM LABELED “ADOPTION ROOM”.THEY CAME OUT IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AND ARTEMIS WAS IN A CARRY ME OUT CAGE.WOULD I BE NEXT?I COUlD ANSWER THAT QUESTION,IT WAS OBIVOIUS ‘YES’.THE EVENT THAT OCCURRED WAS VERY UNUSAUL IT WAS UNEMAGIANABLE .CLOWNS BROKE THROUGH THE WINDOWS THEN,MORE CLOWNS CRASHED THROUGH THE WINDOWS. THEY SQUIRT WATER AT THE CENTAURS THROUGH FLOWERS .THEY HONKED THEIR HORNS IN THE CENTAURS EARS SO THEY WOULD RUN AWAY.THE CLOWNS TERRORIZED ALL THE CENTAURS,THE EFFECT WAS THAT THEY ALL LEFT RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.I WAS SCARED TOO (BETWEEN YOU AND ME CLOWNS FREAK ME OUT )THEN A BIG CLOWN CAME OVER AND BROKE THE METAL BARS FROM MY CAGE.I WAS TERRIEFIED,OR MAYBE I WATCH TOO MANY EVIL CLOWN MOVIES.I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT AND I SAW ANOTHER CLOWN HOLDING ARTEMIS,AND TO MY LEFT LUKE HITTING AND FIGHTING A CLOWN THAT WAS TRYING TO PICK HIM UP

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THE CLOWNS TOOK US TO A PLACE THAT LOOKED UNREAL.ALL THE CLOWNS GATHERED AROUND US TOUCHING OUR CLOTHING.THEY TOOK LUKE AND TIED HIM TO A CHAIR,LUKE LOOKED AS IF HE WAS GOING TO CRY,HE TREMBLED AND FIANALLY HE LET OUT A SCREAM.A CLOWN THAT WAS NEAR LUKE SIGNALED A CLOWN IN THE BACK,THE CLOWN THEN PULLED A LEVER.A BANNER POPPED UP,IT HAD LUKES PICTURE ON IT,WHAT IN THE WORLD I THOUGHT,WHY DID THEY HAVE LUKES PICTURE?THERE WAS AN ’X’ON LUKES FACE,ON THE BANNER.SOMETHING WAS DEFINETLY WRONG.ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE NICE,PLEASANT,AND HAPPY CLOWNS TURNED INTO MEAN,FUROSIOUS,ANGRY CLOWNS (WITH TORCHES AND SWORDS).NO WONDER LUKE WAS SCARED,HE COULD LOOK TO THE FUTURE.THE CLOWNS ALL SCURRIED OVER TO LUKE.THEY GAVE HIM A MAKEOVER! THEY CHANGED HIS CLOTHES,HIS HAIR,HIS SHOES,AND WORST OF ALL PUT MAKEUP ON HIS FACE .IN THE END HE LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE CLOWNS . SUDDENLY I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON SOMEHOW,LUKE RAN AWAY FROM THE CLOWNS,THEY SEARCHED FOR HIM,HE MET ARTEMIS,AND THEN HE MET ME.NOT SUCH A GOOD EXPLENATION,BUT HEY I AM LOST HERE TOO.BACK TO MY POINT,ARTEMIS TOOK OUT A PHONE,”THIS IS NO TIME FOR A PHONE CALL”I SAID ACTUALLY TELLING THE TRUTH “I AM NOT MAKING A PHONE CALL DUMMY”SHE REPLIED.WELL WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO I ASKED NOT APRECIATING HER LAST STATEMET.SHE COUNTED IN ROMAN NUMURALS AND CLICKED FOUR BUTTONS.THEN OUT OF NOWHERE A CAR POPPED OUT.”YOU COULD HAVE DONE THIS SOONER”I REPLIED NOT BELIVING THAT WE COULD HAVE LEFT WITH JUST A CLICK OF FOUR BUTTONS.”DON’T MAKE ME GIVE YOU A PIECE OF MY MIND”ARTEMIS SAID IN A VOICE THAT MADE ME SHIVER.SO ARTEMIS AND LUKE AND OF COURSE THE WONDERFUL ME,HOPPED INTO THE CAR.ARTEMIS WOULD NOT START THE ENGINE,AND THE CLOWNS WERE GAINING ON US.”HURRY UP”I TOLD HER SO SHE WOUDLD HURRY UP.”NOT UNTIL YOU PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT”SHE SAID AS IF SHE WAS THE BOSS OF ME,”SEATBEALTS ARE FOR BABBIES”I SAID CAUSE I AM NOT A BABY.”DESMOND STERT I WILL NOT MOVE THIS VEICHELE UNTIL YOU PUT ON YOUR SAFTEY BELT “SHE SAID AS YOUR MOTHER WOULD SAY TO TRY TO GET YOU TO DO SOMETHING.”NO” ,”YES”, “NO” ,”YES”.”FINE”I SAID NOT WANTING TO,BUT WHAT WAS THE POINT, THEY COULD ALLREADY CLIMB ABOARD.WHEN ARTEMIS STARTED THE CAR,IT WENT AS FAST AS THE WIND.WONDER WHY SHE WANTED ME TO PUT ON MY SEATBELT,BUT ANYWAYS I WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO HER IF I KNEW SHE HAD A CAR.SHE MUST BE SO COOL.NOW I REGRET THAT.”ARTEMIS WHY DID YOU STOP THE CAR?” “I DID NOT STOP THE CAR DUMMY”SHE SAID WORRIED.”THEN WHAT IS HAPPENING.”THE CAR STOPS WHEN IT SENSES A MONSTERS’ ARRIVAL.”SHE SAID. “WELL YOU’RE THE DUMB ONE THEN.”I SAID.”WHY”SHE ASKED.”WELL DUHH CARS DOT SENSE THINGS,”.I LOOKED OUT THE EDGE OF THE CAR.ALL I SAW WAS A CUTE LITTLE CHIPMUNK.EVERYONE LOOKED AT THE CHIPMUNK AS IF IT WOULD DRINK UP ALL YOUR BLOOD.”DESMOND PLEASE DON’T TOUCH IT “ARTEMIS PLEADED.”NO WAY”I SAID BECAUSE I WAS TIRED OF HER BOSSING ME AROUND.I REACHED OVER AND GRABBED THE CHIPMUNK.THE CHIPMUNKS EYES THEN TURNED RED .IT JUMPED ON ME AND SANK ITS TEETH DEEP INTO MY SKIN,THEN IT BEGAN TO DRINK!
I FELT LIKE A MILLION LEECHES WHERE DRAINING THE BLOOD OUT OF ME .THAT CHIPMUNK CAME TOO FAR ,SO I WHACKED IT OFF AND IT RAN AWAY.I FELT SO WEAK AND HELPLESS AFTER THE PAIN.SINCE I WAS COMPLAINING WE SET UP CAMP IN A NICE SHADY SPOT NEXT TO WHERE THAT CHIPMUNK DRANK MY BLOOD.I WAS IN CHARGE OF COUNTING ITEMS,LUKE WAS SUPPOSED TO FIND FOOD,AND ARTEMIS WAS IN CHARGE OF FINDING A BETTER CAMPSITE.IT WAS THAT DAY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY LIFE WAS GOING TO BE TRAGIC WITH A SPARK OF HAPPY.I WOKE UP LATE AND EVERYONE WAS NEXT TO ARTEMIS’ TENT . THE PUT FLOWERS THERE .I WAS CLUELESS.LUKE WAS CRYING SO IT HAD TO BE BAD.I SAW GEORGE TOO,HE WAS IN MY GROUP.I FINALLY HAD THE GUTS TO ASK,”WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?”I HAD SAID.LUKE LOOKED AT ME GLUMLY,AS I STARED IN HIS EYES I FELT SADNESS.”SHE’S GONE”LUKE REPLIED SLOWLY AND QUIETLY.





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“WHAT DO YOU MEAN”I ASKED AGAIN.”SHE WENT TO FIND CAMPSITE AND SOME CANNIBALLS KIDNAPPED HER”GEORGE SAID AS IF HE WAS A DETECTIVE.”WE BELIVE SHE IS STILL ALIVE ,STILL OUT THERE.” I RAN I JUST RAN NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO,THIS CAN NOT BE HAPPINING I AM JUST OLD DESMOND STERT.BUT,TURNS OUT HE WAS MORE!IT WAS JUST THEN WHEN I SPOTTED IT,CANNIBALS,THIS WAS MY CHANCE!”UHH HELLO THERE YOU INDIAN DUDES”I SAID BECAUSE THAT TONE GAVE ME ATTENTION.THEY LOOKED AT ME ALL I SAW IN THEM WAS GLUM AND BLAH,BUT WHAT I DID NOTICE WAS THAT THEY WERE COOKING SOMETHING.I WAS PRETTY HUNGRY SO I STUCK AROUND.WHEN I SAW WHAT WAS COOKING IT SURPRISED ME!”ARTEMIS WHA T ARE YOU DOING HERE AT MY PRIVATE INDIAN DINNER.IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.”HEY FRIENDS UHH I AM JUST GOING TO LEAVE WITH ARE MEAL NO HARD FEELINGS” I SAID REALLY QUIETLY.I GRABBED ARTEMIS
AND MADE A RUN FOR IT.THE WEIRD THING WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT CHASING AFTER ME.I KEPT THINKING ABOUT IT THAT I DIDN’T NOTICE THAT I DROPPED ARTEMIS.WHEN I MADE IT TO CAMP I TOLD EVERYONE THAT I FOUND HER.THEY WERE JUST STARRING AT ME LIKE I WAS A WEIRDO.THEN I REALIZED THAT I DROPPED HER.I WENT TO SLEEP AT 6:00 WITH ALL OF THE HUMILIATION.THE NEXT MORNING I SPOTTED ARTEMIS AT CAMP .IT WAS A GOOD THING SHE SHOWED UP OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEEPLY FRIED FISH.SHE WAS PRETTY STEAMED UP ABOUT THIS MESS.”DESMOND THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING YOU HAVE DONE YET!’’ARTEMIS SHOUTED, BUT I COULD BARLEY HEAR HER. IT WAS HARD TO FOCUS ON HER TALKING AND STILL PAY ATENSION TO HOW SHE LOOKED AND SMELLED. ON THE SUBJECT “SMELL” SHE SMELLED PRETTY GOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.THOUGH SHE DID HAVE A SCENT OF COW MANURE TO HER.NOW INVOLVING THE LOOKS SHE LOOKS AS IF SHE WERE DROPPED FROM A PLANE AND WAS LEFT TO FEND AGAINST ALL THE DANGERS OF THAT PARTICULAR FOREST FOR A MONTH.ARTEMIS HAD TWIGS AND LEAVES IN HER HAIR,ALSO INCLUDING MUD ALL OVER HER BODY,SAND ON HER FACE,DIRT AND CHIPS OF GRASS (AND A GOEY THING I COULD NOT IDENTIFY)IN HER MOUTH,AND TO TOP IT OFF HER SHOES WERE WORN OUT!SHE LOOKED LIKE A TRASH CAN.”YOU LOOK TERRIBLE”I RESPONDED TO HER LOOK.SHE SAID NOTHING.WHICH MADE ME REGRET MY LAST STATEMENT.I WENT TO SLEEP EARLY I JUST DOZED OFF,TO MY WONDEROUS DREAMS.I WOKE UP TO FIND GRASS SURROUNDING ME AND UNHAPPY LITTLE RED ANTS.”OUCH,”I HAD JUST RECEIVED MY FIRST WELCOME INVITATION FROM A VERY STUBORN RED ANT.THEN QUICKLY GETTING UP I SAW MY FIRST LAMA.I LOOKED AROUND AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE MILLIONS OF LAMAS SURROUNDING ME.ARTEMIS,GEORGE,AND LUKE WERE STILL ASLEEP AND I WAS ALL ALONE.