else . Why , think of Josiah Mortimer . He was rich , but he never took a yacht to fight the Serpent of Gaul . He never rode the train right up to the Minotaur of Crete to shoot it . No , he went deep into the woods , armed with nothing but a rifle , a knife , and a copper kettle , and , after weeks of camping on the rocks , undernourished and cold , surrounded by thousands of goblins , he shot them all dead . And the ones he didn ' t shoot he stabbed . And the ones he didn ' t stab , he bashed over the head with the kettle . He hit them so hard with that kettle , that whoever ate from it thereafter got indigestion .
That was me . I am Josiah Mortimer . But in the modern times !
And just like that great adventurer , Thunderboy and I uncovered a treasure chest while digging ! We did not tell the giant , but spirited it away into the tent with the Chinese . Inside we were quite delighted to find many Indian artefacts ! There was a majestic headdress made of feathers , a bow and arrow set , and other assorted weapons ! Thunderboy and the migrant workers hid these instruments , and there has been some talk of escape ! in the distance . I ducked down a little , for he had a nasty temper when he woke . He was removing his armor . The giant beast pulled off his helmet in order to bask in the moonlight . He was a troll ! A gigantic bridge troll ! But what was he doing so far from European shores ? Seeing what lay beneath that armor got the gears in my mind thinking .
It is a well known fact that trolls hate the sun ! No wonder he always rises in the evening and works through the night !
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I told Thunderboy about my observation . I explained that European trolls are allergic to the sun . The migrant workers gathered around us to hear what I knew about our slave-driver . I knew quite a lot about trolls compared to them ! I wonder if this is how Percy feels when he spouts out all his facts and trivia ? Why , it feels less — I don ' t know — less " supercilious " and more " helpful " than I would have imagined .
We have come up with a plan . As long as the sun comes out tomorrow , we may find ourselves liberated by tea time !
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Thunderboy is quite the strongest gentleman I have ever met . The amount of labor he can accomplish , while I have to take breaks from lifting girders every few minutes , is astonishing . I have often found the strength of men attractive , but seeing his body work , it encourages me , as I ' m sure it encourages the others , to maintain our health and fitness .
He worked well into the sunset , but I had to take a break . I snuck out a little ways , clamored up the embankment and looked over the edge of the unfinished bridge . There I saw our captor
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In the morning Thunderboy gathered the weapons we had found earlier that week . The workers had spent a little of each night cutting through Thunderboy ' s restraints , and unbound , he disappeared into the landscape , awaiting the signal to sneak into the troll ' s tent to gather the keys to our shackles to release all of us captives .
I was in charge of the Chinese workers at the hoisting crane . It was the only weapon we had that was both big enough and that we could also reach while our shackles were