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The Mystery on the Great Wall of China

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44 <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 />

Christina looked, but it was so dark in that<br />

booth that she could not really see anything but<br />

a shadow.<br />

Suddenly <strong>the</strong> shadow stood up and came<br />

toward <strong>the</strong>m. “It’s OK, Grant,” Christina said<br />

with a giggle. “False alarm!” With relief, both<br />

kids looked at <strong>the</strong> enormous man taking his bill<br />

to <strong>the</strong> counter to pay.<br />

“Hey!” said C<strong>on</strong>g. “Do you know who<br />

that is?”<br />

Christina looked puzzled. “Well, he’s not<br />

our bad guy.”<br />

“Not unless he ate a whole bunch <strong>of</strong><br />

lunch,” added Grant.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>g gave Grant a funny look. “No, it’s<br />

not <strong>the</strong> bad guy,” he said. “It’s Hai Ku, a very<br />

famous Sumo wrestler.”<br />

“I’ll bet he’s here to work <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2008<br />

Olympics,” said Li. “<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y will be held in Beijing,<br />

you know.”<br />

Grant beamed. In an Arnold<br />

Schwarzenegger voice he int<strong>on</strong>ed, “<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>n I’LL<br />

BE BACK!”<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> kids were all doubled over giggling,<br />

when a big g<strong>on</strong>g went…<br />

BOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!

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