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Annie
stopped on the ladder.
"Read it now,"
she said.
Jack unrolled the ancient
scroll and read aloud:
I
am the color of gold
and
as sweet as can be.
But
beware of the danger
that's
all around me.
What
am I?
Annie
started down again.
"Annie!"
"We'll
look for the answer in a minute," said Annie.
"What
are you doing?" Jack called.
But
there was no stopping her. Jack watched as she hopped off the ladder.
Then she started to walk through the tall grass, between the zebras and
giraffes.
"I
don't believe her," he said to himself. He quickly put the Africa
book into his pack.
He
started down the ladder.
When
he stepped onto the ground, he looked around carefully.
The
giraffes were eating the tree leaves.
The
zebras were grazing in the grass.
Tons
of birds flapped overhead.
This
is okay, he thought. He just had one little question:
Where
are the lions?
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