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BOOK DESCRIPTION: “The Third Incredible Adventures Of The Girl With No Shoes” is Part 59 of The Book Of Benjamin Kareth. This is a fictional story that follows Anne, the girl with no shoes, as she travels to a mysterious world through a pond to help a king and queen fight away the darkness that is threatening the seven realms. This is part three of a seven part series. In her continuing adventures, Anne and her friends Tuck and Marrow, find themselves separated from one another in their continuing journey to rid the Seven Realms of the darkness.

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Chapter 7: Down The Mountain

Marrow ran away from the bridge and further down the mountain path looking for any way to quickly get down to the bottom of the gorge where Anne had fallen from the bridge. He knew that if he was to follow this mountain path down it would loop around and around the mountain as it made its way to the base of the mountain. He didn’t have time for that. He wondered about Tuck and how he would find a way down. Marrow knew the bridge had been the only way off the mountain.

Marrow stopped running and closed his eyes. He whispered, “Light guide me.”

When he opened his eyes, he saw a cloud far off in the distance coming towards him. How he knew that it was coming towards him he didn’t know. He stood and waited. It was a small, white, and fluffy cloud. To Marrow it looked like the cloud was… somehow joyful. It seemed to thrum with a joyful energy that made Marrow smile. It was carried along with a gentle and warm wind that Marrow could feel blowing against his skin. He let out a laugh before he could catch himself. Joy welled up within him.

“What are you?” Marrow asked aloud of the cloud.

Marrow took a small step backwards as the cloud reached him. It enveloped him. Marrow instantly began to laugh. It was a crazy laugh. It was a deep laugh. It was a laugh that consumed him. He felt lighter than a feather. He lost track of time so wonderful was the joy that consumed him. He laughed and laughed and laughed. The laughter seemed to consume all he was and within the dense cloud he hung weightlessly. All his fears vanished. All his worries vanished.

“This is the most incredible moment of my life.” Marrow thought to himself.

When his laughter subsided, he felt his feet touch solid ground and realized that he had not been touching the ground for quite some time. The cloud lifted off from around him and drifted away.

Marrow now stood at the base of the mountain.  He watched the cloud of laughter fly away up into the sky from where it had come. He laughed again at what had just happened to him. He thought for a moment he had heard Tuck’s voice on the wind. He listened for a moment. Nothing.

He stared up at the mountain that now towered over him.

“How?” Marrow asked aloud. Even though he had asked the question, he knew the answer: the Light had brought him down to the ground in a cloud of laughter. He smiled.

“I will never stop being amazed by what you do.” Marrow said aloud to the Light. He felt in him that the Light was pleased with his praise.

Marrow found himself on the lower road that ran around the great mountain above him. He looked to the left and to the right and started walking in the direction of the gorge where he knew Anne must be. He feared the worst but knew that somehow Anne had survived the fall.

“If the Light moved me down here in a cloud of laughter, surely He has saved her as well.” Marrow thought to himself as he walked.

Marrow realized that he wasn’t afraid. He thought of all that had happened since he had met Anne and Tuck. In all of it, every situation and circumstance, he had been peaceful. He knew instantly that the Light must be giving him the strength to be calm through it all. He praised the Light again and picked up the pace of his running. He leapt over a rock. He skipped for joy. Whatever the cloud had done to him, he couldn’t seem to shake the joy he felt just to be alive.

He wondered in what incredible way the Light had saved Anne. He wondered also how Tuck would find a way down from the mountain. He remembered his meeting with the two of them. He thought about all the events they had endured this far. He remembered how he had watched the pillars of light being cleansed. He smiled to himself.

He used his staff as a walking stick and kept going. “I have to find them,” He said aloud to himself, “Anne must be OK.”

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