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<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Forbidden<br />
City<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> three rickshaws took <strong>of</strong>f at a fast<br />
pace, weaving through and around <strong>the</strong> paradewatchers<br />
returning to <strong>the</strong>ir homes, or schools,<br />
or work. Tourists hardly moved. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y just stood<br />
<strong>the</strong>re as if <strong>the</strong>y could not believe what <strong>the</strong>y had<br />
just seen.<br />
Grant and C<strong>on</strong>g certainly could not<br />
believe what <strong>the</strong>y had just seen. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y did not<br />
know this man, but he seemed to know <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
How could that be? Was <strong>the</strong> map really his? Just<br />
how desperate was he to get it back? Why was he so<br />
angry? How could he know Grant had it?<br />
Grant had no answers, but suddenly he<br />
remembered something. As <strong>the</strong> rickshaw