I land my ship in a forest clearing
nearby and sneak around and over rocks and along gullies toward the
castle that I saw from the sky. Finally, up close, I see that the
drawbridge is down. A truck without a driver is the side of the road,
that's careless of them, I must say. I climb into the truck, switch on the
motor, and drive across the drawbridge.'
Bingbang's huge round eye blinks slowly.
He continues, 'I stop the truck in an alley and wait until night. In the
darkness I drive the truck out of the alley and into another and then still
another and another, searching for the place where the treasure is hidden.
Soon it will be daylight, but no luck. I know that in the morning light I'll
be seen and captured. I have very little time.
'I turn a corner and up ahead I see the outline of a large blockhouse. I
drive closer and see bars across its windows and doors.
'Aha, I think. This must be the place. I sneak to one of the doors and
peek through the bars. Nothing. I slip around to the windows and peek
through. Again, nothing. I circle around to another side of the
blockhouse and to another, looking through the bars of doorways and
windows.
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