The Mystery on the Great Wall of China

18 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Mystery</strong> on the Great Wall of China
<strong>The</strong>n he and Cong took a tour of the lobby.
When Papa called them back, Grant forgot about
his gift. It did not matter; it was no longer there.
“You folks almost need a Bactrian camel
to handle all your luggage!” said the porter. He
tugged an overfilled luggage cart toward the
elevator.
“What kind of camel is that?” asked Grant,
as they boarded the elevator.
“<strong>The</strong> kind with
two humps, not one,”
explained the porter.
“Some of these
creatures still live in the
deserts of China.”
“You have deserts in
China?” asked Christina.
<strong>The</strong> porter laughed. “Deserts, jungles,
bamboo forests, snowy mountain plateaus,
grasslands, wetlands, seacoasts—we have it all!”
“You certainly speak very good English,”
Mimi noted.
“I am a student at a university in America.
Beijing is my home. When I’m here, I work at
the Marco Polo,” the porter explained. “My