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Come Evalina to the wiserock cave, everything shall be explained. Love Mom and Dad. “Ah...um…
do you think this is a…um…a prank, Camela?” she asked, but she knew it wasn’t: It was from Mum
and Dad!
Chapter 4: The Journey
“This journey will be long and hard,” Evalina told herself. “But it’s worth it.” As she hopped on
Camela she thought, “Would I come back? Would I survive?” Questions filled her head but she
tried to push them away. She continued riding Camela towards the sun (direction of the cave).
After a while she decided to stop and build a tent out of cloth and sticks. She kept Camela on a
string attached to one of the sticks pushed into sand. She would buy food and water at any local
village market. She would use her extra blankets as a pillow. She would walk 300 paces a day.
It was hard to walk on the hot sand but she had to, constantly sitting down to cool her feet. She
hesitated whether to go back or not, since nothing made sense.
Chapter 5: Wise Rock Cave
Evalina had many sleepless nights in the tent and many endless days before finally on the 5th
day she shouted, “I SEE THE CAVE!!!” She hopped onto Camela and shouted, “Go faster Camela!”
Camela stopped at the front of the cave as Evalina jumped off her. She ran into the cave to see 2
very familiar people. “Wait…WHAT? You’re Queen Dollana and King Donathan!” she screamed.
“You went missing in 1998! This is a joke, sorry for disturbing you.” “NO!!! It’s us, Mom and Dad!”
She stood there amazed for a second then leaped into their arms. “How? Why? What?!” She spent
hours with her parents, them explaining everything, everything that was important. “Now, here I
am with Mommy and Daddy.” she thought happily.
Chapter 6: An Explanation
She was gobsmacked when her parents told her what happened. They had hid Evalina since it
was forbidden for a queen to have a baby with the king so they had built a stronghold and placed
Evalina and the vial (knowing one day she would open it) in it with Camela and wrote her name
on her hand. Then they fled at the sound of the Gobi Army coming close.
Chapter 7: Epilogue
So there she was sitting on a wooden stool eating chicken and drinking cactus juice. It was like
she never was away. “I’m going to remember this moment forever,” Evalina said. The reunited
family lived all their days alive in the cave. Laughter and joy filled the air. They were all happy.
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