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"Can you show ist friend is at the moment?" he asked

Barnabas Greenbloo man, this is reraphy, I’d call it Where did you get it?"

"From a rat," replied Sorrel "Not that it’s been all that much use to us so far"

"A rat! Well, well …"Gilbert Graytail’sthat rat , for instance, are very interesting I know so the key to the colors "Yes, I see Yellow er Yes, indeed, I can confirer on the map "This is where we are now All yellow Your map should have warned you about this cave"

"Well, eren’t really supposed to land here at all, you see," Ben explained "Last night’s storm drove us ard and off our course See that?" He pointed to the golden line that Gilbert Graytail had drawn "This is the route ere meant to take I don’t suppose it passes near your friend’s village, does it?"

Barnabas Greenbloo off there wouldn’t take you too far out of your way You’d just have to set a course a few hundred kilometers farther south, which wouldn’t o Although," added the professor, frowning, "as I was saying earlier, Zubeida won’t be able to help you in your search for the Riot nowhere No, as for that quest of yours," said Barnabas Greenbloo his head, "I doubt if anyone can help you The location of the Rireat mysteries"

"We’ll just have to look everywhere then," said Ben, folding up the ain "Even if we have to fly all over the Himalayas"

"The Hiinably vast"

He ran his fingers through his gray hair and then drew solyphs in the dust with a little stick One of them looked like a narrow eye

"What do those signs mean?" asked Ben curiously

"These? Ah, well …" The professor suddenly straightened up and looked at the dragon

Firedrake returned his gaze in surprise

"What is it?" asked Ben

"The djinn!" cried the professor "The djinn with the thousand eyes!"

"A thousand eyes?"her bowl clean "I don’t even know anyone with three eyes"

"Listen!" The professor leaned forward in excitement "So far the fact that you attract other fabulous creatures has done you ht? Or, at least, you haven’t reaped any benefits froon shook his head

"But suppose," continued the professor, "suppose you were to attract a fabulous being who could help you in your quest?"