The note later, if you don't understand it, read the fifth book, Gregor and the Code of Claw. There's a period after the slashes meaning ANOTHER LETTER. if you can't see it, then bad for you. If you're just going to review that there are no periods or something, that's no use. Want to see if this is right? Read the books.
Gregor and the Afterlife Chapter 1
Gregor just left the Underland two days ago and he still cannot forget his precious memories there: With Ares, with Luxa, with Ripred and other Underlanders. But still, he had to hope there was another prophecy about him. And maybe, just maybe, his mom would let him go down there again. They still didn't move to Virginia because Grandma was sick and she might get worse while they were traveling, so they bought her to the hospital. The doctor says she has to stay in the hospital for half a month or more if her sickness does not lessen.
Grace, Gregor's mom, strictly forbids that Gregor, Lizzie, and Boots cannot go back to the Underland. Gregor spends his time thinking about the Underland at home since he cannot go to school yet because they visit grandma thrice a week.
Boots came up to Gregor, "Gregor, cookies!" said Boots while holding a cookie. "That's great, Boots. Where did you get it?" he asked. Boots pointed towards the kitchen and found Mrs. Cormaci sitting down on a chair with cookies on the table. She noticed Gregor and greeted him good morning.
He just nodded and asked her if he could get a cookie. "Sure, go ahead, Gregor." Replied Mrs. Cormaci. Gregor took a cookie then bit it, it tastes like chocolate. He loves chocolate. After he finished the cookie, he ate one more and drank a glass of water. Then he checked the calendar and noticed it was Wednesday. It was his turn to wash the laundry. Every one month, they wash the laundry at Wednesday at the middle week and last time it was Lizzie, so it was his turn.
He went to the laundry room and starting separating the colored clothes from the white clothes. Gregor puts the white ones first, then puts the powder-like thing and then starts the washing machine. He has to wait 5 minutes before he can take the clothes out. Then he noticed something by the grate. It was a scroll. He glanced behind him to make sure no-one was looking and quickly took the scroll, then unrolled it. It read:
GREGOR
||/ \. |/| \ \ |/. |||/ |/ /. | ||| | / |/|.
| |/| |/ /| ||/ \ \/. \\ \/ |/ \\ ||/ \ || |||/. / /\.
| |/\ |/ |/| |||. / /\.
LUXA
Gregor forgot how to do the translation, so he had no choice but to go to Lizzie. Then he remembered something. It was already five minutes. He quickly stopped the washing machine and took out the white clothes. Then he placed them in a basket. After that, he ran upstairs and found Lizzie by the living room.
He whispered to her, "I got a scroll from the grate and it needs translation. Help me, please?" Lizzie was excited. Maybe they can go back down there, so she quickly took the scroll and placed it on the table. She unrolled it and she began thinking deeply. The next thing Gregor knew she was already writing the translation in a piece of paper.
She gave it to Gregor and he read it:
GREGOR
We Need You Again.
Another Prophecy Is
Among Us.
LUXA
When he turned to Lizzie, she was smiling then they high-fived. "Another prophecy, yes!" they whispered to each other. Then they stopped. They knew Mom wouldn't let them. But Gregor had a plan, "Liz, can you draw the tree of transmission?" whispered Gregor. She nodded and drew it on a paper.
"Remember when Ripred made the Overland rats scare our mom to make her allow us to go down?" he asked her. Then Lizzie brightened. They both smiled. They went to a wall then started slightly tapping, clicking and scratching while following the tree of transmission. And he still remembered what Luxa said to him: 'A short pause indicates a break between letters and a longer pause, the break between words.'
His memories in the Underland are now useful things. Then they started hearing scratching, tapping and clicking behind the wall. Lizzie quickly translated it with the Tree of Transmission. Then Lizzie looked up to Gregor, "I think I got it." She handed him the piece of paper she was holding and it read:
||/ ||/ \ |/|. /\. /| ||/ / /\.
Which means 'When is this?' I looked at Lizzie then she suggested, "Maybe after 10 minutes?" Gregor nodded to his sister and they began tapping, clicking and scratching again. Their response was a few squeaks and then one scratch, two taps. Scratch, click, scratch. Lizzie translated it, 'Ok' it meant. Lizzie and Gregor high-fived again and went to the kitchen.
