"Now, which door do we choose?" asked Legolas.
"This one!" said Elizabeth decisively as she pulled it open. An enormous snake slithered out and glared.
"Aaaaargh!" screamed Elizabeth.
"It's the basilisk!" yelled Trinity.
"No, it's not," said Legolas. "Hey! Jim! What you doing here?"
The snake lifted its head to look at him. "I live here," he replied.
"No you don't, you live in Mirkwood. In the tree next door to mine," said Legolas.
"I moved here," hissed Jim.
"Why?"
"Because the giant squirrels took over Mirkwood."
"Giant squirrels?" said Legolas, surprised. "That can't be good."
"How giant are they?" asked Will.
"Huge. They're even bigger than the giant pigeons that have moved into Lothlorien," hissed Jim.
"Uh-oh," muttered Galadriel.
"That's even worse," said Legolas despairingly.
"I'll say," said Galadriel. "They're probably using the Mirror as a bird bath."
"Yep," said Jim happily.
"Hey, maybe this hatch in the ceiling leads to the attic," said Eowyn, seizing the cord dangling from it.
"Only one way to find out," said Jack. "Pull it."
Eowyn tugged hard on the cord and the hatch fell open. Dozens of white fragments of newspaper fell out of it and caused a small snowstorm over Eowyn.
"Ewww...dirt!" she moaned, trying to brush it out of her hair. The fragments kept falling.
"Kim?" said Edward wonderingly, moving to rub his eyes. Trinity placed a restraining hand on his shoulder.
"Trust me, you really don't want to do that," she said.
"Kim?" he said again.
"No. Eowyn. Ay-oh-win," said Eowyn patiently.
"Kim?"
"I give up," said Eowyn.
"Right, who wants to go up there?" asked Trinity.
"I'll go if Jack goes," said Will.
"Good call," said Neo.
"What?" asked Jack.
"Just get up there!" Elizabeth seized Will and Jack's collars and thrust them into the crawl space over the hatch.
"What do you see?" asked Eowyn, as she tried to repel Edward.
"There's just a bunch of old Chinese newspapers up here," called Will.
"Hey! Yo-Chow-Ping died!" said Jack.
"Who?"
"I met him in China."
"I didn't know you could read Chinese," said Elizabeth.
"Oh, yeah. Man of many talents, I am," said Jack happily.
"So there's nothing up there?" prompted Neo.
"Nope." Jack and Will climbed down from the hatch and shut it again.
"This one!" said Elizabeth decisively as she pulled it open. An enormous snake slithered out and glared.
"Aaaaargh!" screamed Elizabeth.
"It's the basilisk!" yelled Trinity.
"No, it's not," said Legolas. "Hey! Jim! What you doing here?"
The snake lifted its head to look at him. "I live here," he replied.
"No you don't, you live in Mirkwood. In the tree next door to mine," said Legolas.
"I moved here," hissed Jim.
"Why?"
"Because the giant squirrels took over Mirkwood."
"Giant squirrels?" said Legolas, surprised. "That can't be good."
"How giant are they?" asked Will.
"Huge. They're even bigger than the giant pigeons that have moved into Lothlorien," hissed Jim.
"Uh-oh," muttered Galadriel.
"That's even worse," said Legolas despairingly.
"I'll say," said Galadriel. "They're probably using the Mirror as a bird bath."
"Yep," said Jim happily.
"Hey, maybe this hatch in the ceiling leads to the attic," said Eowyn, seizing the cord dangling from it.
"Only one way to find out," said Jack. "Pull it."
Eowyn tugged hard on the cord and the hatch fell open. Dozens of white fragments of newspaper fell out of it and caused a small snowstorm over Eowyn.
"Ewww...dirt!" she moaned, trying to brush it out of her hair. The fragments kept falling.
"Kim?" said Edward wonderingly, moving to rub his eyes. Trinity placed a restraining hand on his shoulder.
"Trust me, you really don't want to do that," she said.
"Kim?" he said again.
"No. Eowyn. Ay-oh-win," said Eowyn patiently.
"Kim?"
"I give up," said Eowyn.
"Right, who wants to go up there?" asked Trinity.
"I'll go if Jack goes," said Will.
"Good call," said Neo.
"What?" asked Jack.
"Just get up there!" Elizabeth seized Will and Jack's collars and thrust them into the crawl space over the hatch.
"What do you see?" asked Eowyn, as she tried to repel Edward.
"There's just a bunch of old Chinese newspapers up here," called Will.
"Hey! Yo-Chow-Ping died!" said Jack.
"Who?"
"I met him in China."
"I didn't know you could read Chinese," said Elizabeth.
"Oh, yeah. Man of many talents, I am," said Jack happily.
"So there's nothing up there?" prompted Neo.
"Nope." Jack and Will climbed down from the hatch and shut it again.