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Key to follow:

Your journal entries are in Italics

Spoken words are Normal

Things written on paper (The professor's journal pages) are in Bold


May 3rd

Well, we are on the trail again. We're following the half map but our donkeys seem to know the way already. It's hot and going to get hotter as we submerge ourselves in this wild and terrible jungle.

I saw a hippo today. What on earth is a hippo doing in South America? I'm surprised it doesn't have a parasol.


That was somewhat helpful...I find that I have to laugh at what the professor has written, it helps me get through the day.


May 6th

We came upon a small community today at the end of the map; hopefully someone here can guide us further. There is a hermit they say we should talk to but he's been gone for several days.

The hermit finally came home this afternoon and we were able to get a few words out of him, not surprisingly they were wrapped in a light riddle: The river knows the way.

Someone untied my donkey from his tree, I found him across the river eating a strange fruit from a tree with spiky skin. A bundle of bananas was missing, from my bag. Very odd. I asked around for a weapon but all I could find was a heavy bowl for making bread. It will have to do for now.


This one is quiet helpful, I found the small community that he had found, hopefully this hermit is home so I can ask him about the professor and figure out which way he went so I can follow him.

"Don't step on the ferns! Oh wait; you're with that professor I've seen in the forest aren't you? Well in that case, you should know that he's headed for trouble. I'll tell you where he went if you can clear those monkeys from my monument. Good luck!" the hermit said.


I was in luck the hermit was at his home and he was willing to help me if I made the monkeys leave. Once I made them leave I found another monkey inside the monument. And judging by the looks of that headdress this must be a very important little monkey! I'd better go talk to that hermit again.

"So all of those bad monkeys were after my little Esmerelda! I was wondering where she'd run off you. I thought it might have been the argument we had. I guess you're all right after all, so here's a clue: the river knows the way." The hermit said.

That is what he told the professor...I hope to figure out what it means to find him.


May7th

What a day! I found some rare leaves that could be the savior of Sudan. I've been working on a serum that I hope can recharge the Zinguee Beetle population problem they are having there. The Beetle is an important element in their agriculture but lately the little guy has not been feeling well, or rather faces mass extinction.

If this leaf, combined with other ingredients, works like I hope the serum should put the beetle population back on the map. The same formula is bound to work on other troubled ecosystems as well.


The journal page looks promising since I found it at a camp site; I hope this was the camp site that the professor and Rachel had made up...


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