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While Laura was

running through the

snowstorm away

from her friends,

she slipped and fell

down a hill. She

landed onto a cold

and dark surface.

When she opened her

eyes, she realised she was

on a large ship. Laura

asked a member of crew

where she was, they

replied:

“You are on the

Titanic”.

Laura was shocked and

scared as she knew the

Titanic would sink. Laura

was trying to leave the

ship when suddenly she

saw the knight running

towards her. She turned

around and ran in fear.

The knight caught her, took her away and

trapped her in a book.

The others followed

Laura through the

snowstorm and ended

up in the Titanic, but

Laura was nowhere to

be seen.

Separated into three groups, they began to search

the ship. After searching High and Low they came

across a piece of paper containing a riddle that

said.........

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FIND OUT

However, the group was left

clueless of what it meant;

therefore, they decided to go and

look for the Captain.

Upon finding the captain, they showed him the riddle

and the captain said: “The riddle seems to be directing

you somewhere, where knowledge is in abundance” .

Sophie suggested:

“Oxford University

Library”.

Marco asked the Captain:

“How do we get there?”

The captain replied:

“There is an underground

railway where we send

books to the Oxford

University Library. Some

of our most precious

books were sent there

earlier today.”

The group then asked the captain if he had heard or

seen a girl and a knight roaming around the ship. “I

saw a small girl and a stranger running towards the

library”, answered the captain.

The group immediately

ran towards the library

only to discover the

knight alone crying of

desperation, because

the book where Laura

was imprisoned was

missing.

Remembering the captains

words they rushed towards the

underground railway. Hiding

amongst the books they got on

one of the carts and travelled

towards the Library, but

jumped off just before arriving.

When climbing out of the

railway, they saw a gate …

…with strange looking

talking heads. The group

approached them, then the

heads started speaking to

them questioning them of

where they were going. One

of the children replied :“We

are looking for the Library”.

All of a sudden the heads

started shouting out

different directions.

The group then realised that the

heads were trying to confuse

them. They all decided they

could not believe what the

heads were telling them, so

they decided to ignore them.

Nicos realized that one of the

heads seemed sincere and

decided to follow his directions

taking everyone with him.

``I didn't disturb you. You

called me’, Katharina

explained. The group saw the

smoke arising amongst the

books and rapidly ran that

direction .

When they arrived they found

Katharina with the witches.

`Could you please help us, we

are trying to find our friend

Laura, who has been trapped in

a book somewhere in this

Library’.

‘If you want our help you must

prove your intelligence; you can

do this by answering three

quizzes, ‘’the witches replied.

The first question is:

( 3x7)2+20-128=?

The second question is to translate this:

``Η δεύτερη ένδειξη είναι να

βρεθεί στο δεύτερο όροφο του

μουσείου Pitt που θα σας βοηθήσει

να ανοίξετε … ‘’

The third and final task is to

answer this question:

``Who travelled on the Beagle to

study the evolution of the

species? ``

‘When you have the answers that prove

your knowledge, return here. Remember,

you only have two hours.’

Running towards the museum they

divided into three groups: one group to

work on the maths problem, the second

on the translation, and the last to look for

the answer to the third quiz.

At the totem pole they met up and

exchanged information.

‘The answer to the maths problem is

333.’

The translation from Greek is …

`The second clue is to be found on the

second floor of the Rivers Pitt museum

that is going to help you open … ‘

The science question

brought us to the

Darwin`s exhibition.

The group rushed back to where the witches

were and gave them the answers. The witches

said: `You are running out of time to save

Laura. We will help you find her, because you

have proved your intelligence; but remember,

we can only reverse the spell for two months’.

‘To keep Laura alive and a

teenager you must follow the

treasure map in her

possession. You will find the

first clue for the treasure map

at the Totem pole’.

When the group reached the

totem, it woke up and said:

`Please do not hurt me, I will

give you the first clue’.

“Go to the East where the sun

rises”.

They started to think and realized

that

the answer to the first clue would

take them to Turkey.

``I guess we are going to Turkey. ``

Will our friends be able to find the

treasure that will keep Laura

alive?..........