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70 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Mystery</strong> on the Great Wall of China “We’re getting out here?” asked Grant, “Isn’t this the bottom of the mountain?” “Yes,” said Mimi, “but the Peak Tram will take us up in just a few minutes!” <strong>The</strong> kids hopped out of the taxi and looked. <strong>The</strong> Peak Tram was a small train. A very steep track spiked up toward the top of the mountain. “It’s called a funicular railway,” Papa said as they climbed aboard. “It doesn’t have an engine; it operates on a cable that pulls it up.” At first, the trip was fun and exciting. But it grew scary and scarier as they scaled the steep-sided mountain. “Once upon a time, rich people paid Chinese workers to haul them, in sedan chairs, up the mountain to their expensive homes,” Mimi explained. “<strong>The</strong> only way to get anything up the mountain—food, building materials, furniture—was to lug it up by hand.” <strong>The</strong> kids stared. <strong>The</strong>y couldn’t imagine that. <strong>The</strong>y also couldn’t imagine that they were climbing so high in the sky. Just as they reached the top of the mountain, the first firecracker went off! <strong>The</strong>y hurried to a good place to view the harbor below and watched the spectacular
Victoria Peak 71 light show! Grant and Christina thought that they had never seen so many firecrackers in their lives. RED… BLUE… GREEN… WHITE… GOLD… PURPLE… RED BLUE AND GREEN… WHITE AND SILVER… GREEN AND GOLD… BLAM! CRACK! CRAAAAAAAACK! BLAMMMMMMM! POPPP! <strong>The</strong>re were firecrackers going off constantly…one on top of the other…one behind another… left, right, up, down…it was a blast of brilliant color like a kaleidoscope in the sky! “Wow!” cried Grant above the din. “This is the best fireworks show I have ever seen.” “It’s as if the fireworks factory exploded!” Christina agreed. “That happens sometimes,” Papa admitted. “Oh, look!” said Mimi and they all stared at the spectacular finale that ended the show with a deafening BANG, leaving only the smell of sulphur
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