extraordinary, but deadly. Its beauty and color lures you inside. It looks deceivingly small, but
once inside, there are about twenty tunnels to choose from. They tied their camels in front of the
pyramid. Then they slowly walked in. They went down a corridor and lit their torches. Right in
front of them was a choice of twenty treacherous tunnels.
All of the tunnels were painted with beautiful pictures of the olden times and it was easy to
understand the amazing story they were trying to tell. Alex and Fred went into a tunnel together
as their eyes traced the pictures on the wall. They lost track of time until a problem came along
that would put their lives at stake…
Suddenly they realized that they had lost each other. “Where am I?” they both thought as they
looked around. They called each other’s names, but it was no use. They were both truly lost, there
was no escape. They had been there for days now and were both ever so thirsty. Alex called Fred’s
name once more and fainted on the hard, cold ground.
“Alex? Alex? Are you awake?” Alex woke up to the sound of Fred’s voice echoing in his
head. “Your Father is outside waiting for you”. Alex woke up, stunned to hear that his Father was
outside. He had so many questions… “How did he get here? Is he mad? Is he not?”
Fred helped Alex get up and gave him a jug of water. Alex drank it quickly. He followed Fred
outside the pyramid and was relieved to see the sunlight shining on him. Right before him was
the one and only Erik Hougland.
“Father!” Alex shouted as he ran towards his dad. “My dear boy!” Mr. Hougland said as Alex
reached him. They hugged each other tight to their chests.
Then the most amazing thing happened to Alex. His father looked at him in the eye and
started smiling. But soon his smile slowly started to fade. “You remind me a lot of your Mother.
Her face sometimes haunts me because she is no longer in this world.” Alex thought about it for a
minute and realized, that’s why he always looks away from me! It’s not that he doesn’t appreciate
me! His father looked puzzled that Alex looked so happy and then smiled. “Let’s walk home,
my boy.” Alex nodded in approval, and they slowly faded into the distance like Father and Son
forever.
