thought in reply.
The Angel simply smiled.
“Who are those people in the aeroplanes?” asked Ben.
“They are the people who died on September the eleventh in New York," several Angels who were standing nearby replied simultaneously.
It was evident that the monstrosity of this event and the callousness of the Satanists who had carried it out had not just reverberated around the Earth but had even reached the heavens. It was clear that the Angels’ souls ached at the sheer unheard of evil of this action.
The Angels were not just hospitable to the cousins but positively spoilt them. Every possible facility was put at their disposal. Their each and every desire was granted. At the sports centre Ben played football while Michael played tennis on an adjacent court. But who was Michael’s tennis partner and who were the members of the football team that Ben played with? At first glance they looked like nice looking boys in their fine sports kits. Or were they Angels? The lads swam in the sea, rode scooters and rowed boats of all types and when they tired of this they swam with dolphins.
The boys were given the most advanced computers imaginable which had the most wonderful and magical games and they were even able to write e-mails to their mums, although they naturally didn’t tell them where exactly they were writing from. Michael and Ben also had a go at flying on the bumble bees as they were called in the City of Angels and glancing up at the Angels flying by, they thought to themselves:
“Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to fly like them if only for a few minutes?" And no sooner had the thought formed in their minds than it became a reality! Although of course they were only allowed to fly in the company of the Angels. What a magnificent feeling! To fly and to experience the levity and joy of feeling one’s body softly lifted and buffeted by the tenders of breezes.
In the meantime, while the boys enjoyed their well-earned break in the miraculous City of the Angels, the Angel who had accompanied the boys on their adventures now went to hold council with their mothers – Natalie and Sophia…
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