Coming of Age
“It was only as Lisa guided them to one of the latter that Tirrell could see it was in actuality an immense pile of broken stone.
“They dug all this stuff out of that mountain?” Tonio asked, eyeing the rocks with obvious amazement.
“This isn’t half of what they’ve actually mined,” Tirrell told him. “Loose rock always looks bigger than the hole it came out of.” Sliding his backpack onto the ground, the detective found a relatively flat slab at the edge of the pile and unfolded the small-s...cale survey map he’d obtained from the Plat City police. “They’ve probably been quietly hauling the stuff away, most likely during weekdays when all the kids are at work. Probably leaving this much here on purpose so no one’ll realize any of it’s missing.”
Fiddling with one of the smaller stones, Tonio flew over to land at his side. “You figured out where we are?”
“I think so.”MoreLess
“They dug all this stuff out of that mountain?” Tonio asked, eyeing the rocks with obvious amazement.
“This isn’t half of what they’ve actually mined,” Tirrell told him. “Loose rock always looks bigger than the hole it came out of.” Sliding his backpack onto the ground, the detective found a relatively flat slab at the edge of the pile and unfolded the small-s...cale survey map he’d obtained from the Plat City police. “They’ve probably been quietly hauling the stuff away, most likely during weekdays when all the kids are at work. Probably leaving this much here on purpose so no one’ll realize any of it’s missing.”
Fiddling with one of the smaller stones, Tonio flew over to land at his side. “You figured out where we are?”
“I think so.”MoreLess
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