by Carol Pack
“I was so afraid they would start opening books ...”
“I didn’t even think of that.”
“We got off lucky.”
“Yeah. It was a learning experience,” Jackson replied, “for me at least. But it looks like there are some thingsyou’llnever learn.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
He picked up the gong and placed it back on the information desk. “Didn’t you read the sign?” he asked as he turned toward her and smiled. “It says, ‘Please do not handle.’”
—THE END ... FOR NOW—
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Library of Illumination: Doubloons
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