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THE BLUE FEATHER
the table could see that Bardala’s eyes glowed with the same
strange light, as did Tital’s. Then, the light faded away.
“What was that?” questioned Jonathan.
“An old book that I have foretells of a story like this
happening. Look at the stone we have used for an eating table.
Brush away the loose stones,” Zotz instructed.
They all brushed the sand and small gravel away revealing
deep markings cut into the hard stone surface. This is part of
what they saw looking down on the glyphs from above.
“What does it say?” asked Jonathan.
“Look,” Zotz pointed, “there is a part missing, so I may not be
able to tell you everything, but what I can read is ‘what the