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72 <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 />
and an enormous, wispy cloud <strong>of</strong> white smoke<br />
against <strong>the</strong> black sky.<br />
“Oh, thank you for bringing us up here,”<br />
said Christina. “I thought H<strong>on</strong>g K<strong>on</strong>g might<br />
be boring.”<br />
“I’d say we got started <strong>of</strong>f with a bang!”<br />
said Grant.<br />
“Can we walk back down <strong>the</strong> mountain?”<br />
asked Li.<br />
“Well,” said Papa, “our hotel is at <strong>the</strong><br />
bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mountain.”<br />
“Oh, please!” <strong>the</strong> kids cried toge<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
“I could use a little more fresh air after<br />
being in an airplane all afterno<strong>on</strong>,” said Mimi.<br />
She and Papa looked around and saw that some<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r people were heading toward paths that<br />
wound down <strong>the</strong> mountain.<br />
“OK,” said Papa. “But it’s dark. Stay<br />
toge<strong>the</strong>r and stay in fr<strong>on</strong>t <strong>of</strong> us! Every time you<br />
follow us, we adults seem to get left behind.”<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> kids nodded in agreement and set <strong>of</strong>f<br />
down <strong>the</strong> path Mimi pointed toward— Governor’s<br />
Walk, a sign read.<br />
At first, <strong>the</strong> four kids walked arm in arm,<br />
admiring <strong>the</strong> ne<strong>on</strong> lights and brightly lit ferry<br />
boats in <strong>the</strong> harbor below. Every now and <strong>the</strong>n,
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