Hello, and welcome to this sleepy bookshelf where we put down our worries from the day and

pick up a good book.

The last time we were together, we had the last pages of journey to the centre of the

earth.

It was wonderful to share this geological adventure with you.

I hope you liked it and it helped you drift off.

Now as this is this sleepy bookshelf, if you fell asleep before the end and want to know

what happened to Harry, Professor Hardwig and Hans, this is your recap.

Consider this a spoiler alert.

If you want to finish listening to this story and you don't want to know how it ends,

stop this episode now.

For the rest of you, I'll begin.

We started the episode still on the raft ascending through the rock.

The temperature in the air was stifling and the water around them was scolding to the

touch.

Without the promise of any hope, Harry was secretly praying for a quick commencement to this

certain death.

Their compass was nonsensical, swirling in all directions.

The walls began to shake and Harry declared an earthquake, but the Professor dismissed

this theory.

He confirmed it was instead an eruption.

Professor Hardwig believed them to be ascending the shaft of a live volcano.

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