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96 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Mystery</strong> on the Great Wall of China “As a matter of fact, it is,” said Cong. “It is called <strong>The</strong> Escalator and it’s the longest covered outdoor one in the world!” Finally, they exited <strong>The</strong> Escalator and soon were at the train station, barely in time to climb aboard before the train began to chug out of the station. Papa settled back with his newspaper and tea, giving the kids some yuan for lunch when they were ready. For hours and hours they watched the incredible and endless landscape of China pass by their windows. After they got out of the city, they saw forests of waving bamboo, ancient walled villages, wide yellow rivers, deep gorges, bearded mountain goats, hillside terraces where rice was growing, water buffalo, forests of oddlyshaped stone called karst, and people doing exercise called tai ji quan in the open air. Christina thought it was all so magically different from the things she was familiar with back home, which is why, she guessed, travel was so mysterious and so much fun to her. She wished they could go to Tibet, which she knew was called the “Roof of the World” and see
Beware! 97 Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, or ride the Trans-Siberian Express all the way to Moscow, Russia. Mimi told Christina she had the “travel bug,” just like she did, and Christina guessed that it was true. She turned to ask the other kids if they were ready for a snack. But when she looked, Papa was sprawled back with his cowboy hat over his face, which only barely muffled his snoring. Li, Cong, and Grant were tumbled over like puppies, sound asleep, using one another as pillows. Soon, Christina dozed and dreamed. So, she did not see the man pass by, stop, and smile a smug smile as if he was having a very lucky day.
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