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Tonight, I continue the story,

Journey to the Center of the Earth,

by Jules Verne.

So lie down, close your eyes,

and let me read you a story.

Chapter 11

A guide found to the center of the earth.

In the evening, I took a short walk on the beach and returned at night to my plank bed where I slept soundly all night.

When I awoke, I heard my uncle talking at a great rate in the next room.

I immediately dressed and joined him.

He was conversing in the Danish language with a tall man of

robust build. This fine fellow must have been possessed of great strength. His eyes, set in a large

and ingenuous face, seemed to me very intelligent. They were dreamy sea blue. Long hair, which would have been called red, even in England,

fell in long meshes upon his broad shoulders. The movements of this native were lithe and supple,

but he made a little use of his arms in speaking, like a man who knew nothing or cared nothing

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