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The Mystery on the Great Wall of China

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92 <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Mystery</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Wall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>China</strong><br />

“It’s in Chinese,” he said, “so Christina and I<br />

can’t read it.”<br />

C<strong>on</strong>g laughed. “That’s not Chinese. Not<br />

really. It’s just written in calligraphy.”<br />

Christina looked over his shoulder. “Oh,<br />

I see now! Look, Grant, and you can make out<br />

<strong>the</strong> letters, too!”<br />

Using his forefinger, Grant slowly<br />

traced <strong>the</strong> letters. At first he still couldn’t<br />

read <strong>the</strong> word, <strong>the</strong>n suddenly—like a puzzle<br />

becoming clear—he began to read <strong>the</strong> letters<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> word aloud.<br />

“B…<br />

… E…<br />

… W…<br />

… A…<br />

… R…<br />

… E…

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