From the Bookshelf of 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back (Book List)…

Rebecca looked at her mother and asked sarcastically, "Mom, when we return to England from Africa do we have to bring Thomas back with us?"
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Thomas said sarcastically, "Rebecca you haven't done this much housework since you were born."
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Thomas said sarcastically, "Mom told us to stay in the town square. This doens't look like the town square to me."
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"I hate to admit this because I usually don't agree with anything she says, but Rebecca is right, " Thomas said sarcastically.
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Rebecca said sarcastically, "Well it really doesn't matter if Thomas gets locked up on punishment."
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"Well it looks like we're not the only ones who are going to be on punishment for the rest of our lives," Thomas said sarcastically.
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Thomas asked sarcastically, "Hey, you already have backpacks for all of us?"
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Thomas said sarcastically, "Alright. But let Rebecca go first. If any lions or tigers are out there they can eat her first."
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"Yeah Rebecca," Thomas said sarcastically. "Their legs and necks are as skinny as yours are."
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Thomas whispered sarcastically, "Go on Rebecca. Walk right on over there and play with baby lions in the presence of ferocious wild adult lions."

Oluremi yelled out to her daughter and father, "Samirah and Jabril the meal is ready."

Babatunde said, "This is Samirah our daughter and Jabril. Jabril is my wife Oluremi's father."

Jabril said, "Hello, I'm Oluremi's father. Babatunde is my son-in-law. Welcome to our home. This is my granddaughter Samirah."

Next, they came across a rather funny looking creature. Samirah asked, "Rebecca I bet you don't know what that is?"

Rebecca said, "Let me see." She walked over to where Samirah was. Samirah pointed down to the ground showed Rebecca the creature.

"I know what that is," Thomas said with confidence. "It's a scorpion."

"No Thomas it is not a scorpion," Samirah responded. "It's actually a centipede."

The teens continued their journey through the African jungle. Suddenly, hunters ran from behind several of the trees and bushes and started to chase after the teens. All of them were carrying spears. They were yelling and screaming at the teens as they ran after them.

"In here," Billy yelled out as he led the teens into a small cave hidden in the jungle. What they didn't know was that the cave was full of bats. The bats started to fly around in the cave in a fury and then flew out of the cave. The bats were more frightened than the teens were. The African hunters ran up to where the cave was located. Suddenly, the hunters stopped dead in their tracks. They were terrified. The teens saw a gigantic snake crawling over the cave and heading for the hunters. . . . One of the hunters lost his balance and fell. The snake slithered right up to the man that had fallen and swallowed him whole. The snake went after another hunter. The hunter was so terrified that he just stood in place. He was too scared to move. He tried to run away but his legs were frozen in place. The snake slithered right up to the man. The snake wrapped its long body completely around the man so that no one could see him. Then the snake squeezed the man very tightly until he couldn't breathe anymore. The remaining hunters ran off into the jungle and hid from the snake.

The teens slowly left the cave and started to walk through the jungle to get as far away from the hunters and the snake as they could and to continue searching for the Pyramid of the Moepeks. Suddenly they walked right up to a strange pyramid. It was the Pyramid of the Moepeks. They finally made it.

Rebecca asked, "Samirah, is this it? Is this the pyramid where we can find the lost Civilizataion of the Moepek?"

"Yes Rebecca. This is the pyramid that the map was referring to. It is the Pyramid of the Moepeks. We have made it. We are here."

Thomas walked over to one of the walls and admired the beautiful ancient hieroglyphic writing. He leaned up against the wall and then suddenly the wall mysteriously opened up and a secret passageway deep into the pyramid was revealed.