Golem in the Gears
“It was a tremendous relief to be free!Once he was far from the hole in the ground, Grundy described his adventure, embellishing it only slightly, and showed them the metal spike Puck had brought out. "What do you think it is?" he asked.Neither Bink nor Chester had any idea. "Not treasure, certainly," Bink concluded."More like a tool," Chester said. "But it has no han- dle."They decided to camp one more day, then take the tunnel down into the Gap. Obviously the tunnel repre- sented no trap, as long as they were careful not to trigger a collapse.But as the day brightened, Grundy remained unsatis- fied. There were too many unanswered questions! Who— or what—had made all those tunnels, that network of passages surrounding the central chamber? What had hap- pened to those creatures? Why had they left a treasure chest full of hollow metal spikes? He hated to remain in ignorance.At last he got up and walked alone to the entrance of the tunnel to the Gap. He stood there and stared at it. "If ...only I knew who made you!" he exclaimed.There was the rustle of leaves.MoreLess
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