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‘Grock knohat he’s doing, that’s for sure,’ Skell agreed He looked around ‘Where is he, by the way?’

‘He told O to see if he could find a more open way for us to follow on up to the top I take it that he doesn’t particularly like bushes’

‘I’ood place to hide if you want to aood for’

‘Which side is Grock looking at?’

‘He jue on the other side I don’t really think he’ll have h There seems to be a lot of loose stones at the foot of that wall over there’

‘He uess My hands are starting to get just a little tender fro hand over hand up that rope of his’

‘I think he’s co his eyes ‘He’s running!’ the young Trog exclaimed ‘If he happens to trip and fall, he’ll bounce lared up the steep slope ‘That idiot!’ he exclaimed ‘Grock!’ he shouted ‘Slon! You’ll break your neck!’

‘I just found gold, Cap’n!’ Grock shouted back ‘Gold! There’s tons of it up there in that rock wall!’

‘Stay right where you are!’ Skell coo up and have a look,’ he said

‘Aye, Cap’n,’ Keselo replied in a fair i seah the dense brush, waded across the brook and went up the other side

Grock was tre a dark stone with his tongue

‘Let me have a look,’ Skell told hi Skell the dark-colored rock frag yellow fleck in the surface of the rock ‘I’d a-walked right on past it, but a little gust of wind set one of theht came a flashin’ off this speck like you wouldn’t believe Then I backed off just a bit and took a good look That rock wall up there’s got bright yellow specks flashin’ all over it It ht take a bit of work t’ chop all of them outta that wall, but it’d shore be worth the trouble’

Skell hadn’t realized that he’d been holding his breath, and he let it out al said ‘I think that maybe we should have Rabbit take a look at this He knows more about metal than anybody I’ve ever old’

‘What else could it be?’ Grock deold, doesn’t it?’