In a room riddled with sunlight, on the west coast of Canada, three girls
lay sprawled out their various cushions and chairs. One of the girls
moaned and rolled off her cushion, putting down and pushing away an
Egyptian tour guidebook.
"Maybe we should just go to Disneyland instead" she complained, ruffling
her short red hair, "There are too many books to read about Egypt. If we
go to Disneyland we could go on the Indiana Jones ride..." she looked
wistfully at the life-sized poster of Indy hanging on the wall.
"What do you mean?" said the girl lying sideways on a chair, "Its Egypt!
You can never read to much about Egypt!" She grinned excitedly and pushed
her wavy brown hair out of her face. "We can go see the pyramids and
tombs, and buy stuff in the markets..."
"Would you two PLEASE shut up?" muttered the third girl, "I'm trying to
sleep."
"SLEEP?" the second girl asked incredulously, "but we need to read books..."
The third girl sat up and stared at her with piercing eyes. "Nora," she
said "We have read just about every book in the library and they all say
the same thing. Just because you are obsessed with Egypt doesn't mean..."
"Me obsessed?" interrupted Nora, "oh, so I suppose if we were going off
somewhere to learn about pagans you wouldn't be excited!"
The first girl giggled, "Just give it up Decca, we'll be stuck with her
craziness till we go."
"Absolutely!" shouted Nora, smiling. She jumped up and started dancing
around. "Egypt here we come! It'll be just like in the Indiana Jones
movies! Excitement, Danger, Glory, and Renown..."
"Or just excitement." Smiled Decca. She stood up and grabbed her coat. "I
better go pack, I haven't even started. See you two later!" On her way
out, she muttered to the red head "Keep an eye on her London, or else she
might turn you into an Egypt lover too."
"I heard that!" said Nora, sticking out her tongue. Decca grinned evilly,
waved, and left.
London got up and stretched. "I better head home too, see you later Nora!"
"Bye" muttered Nora, lost once again in her book. London rolled her eyes
and left.
The next morning dawned bright and clear, putting all three girls in a cheery mood. By now both London and Decca were just as excited as Nora as they waited at the airplane teminal.
The next morning dawned bright and clear, putting all three girls in a cheery mood. By now both London and Decca were just as excited as Nora as they waited at the airplane teminal.
