Chapter 4 Scene 2

It is quiet on Mike's watch, as all the other castaways are asleep. To keep from falling asleep himself, he takes a slow walk, and by the light of his torch finds another piece of the map. After two hours, Mike wakes Tom, who is to take the next two-hour shift. Tom also finds a piece of the map while walking around quietly. The next shift is Nicole's She finds one more piece of the map, and then it's John's turn for a shift. John sees a shell stuck in a crack in a corner, and picks it up.

You found a Blue Bottom-Comb!

As John stands up, he bumps his head on the cave wall, and feeling groggy, lies down and falls asleep. He wakes up several hours later, and has lost all sense of time. Everyone else is waking up at about the same time.

Amy yawns and asks, "What time is it?" She rolls over and feels something crinkle. It is a piece of paper. "Hey, is this a piece of the map?"

"It has to be," answers Tom.

John has a watch, and has to admit, "It's alomst noon.  Hope everyone slept well."

"I'm hungry," is Stefi's comment.

"We must eat, but ration our food," says Mike.

There is no disagreement, and they all eat some of the fruit and vegetables they have with them, but save a good portion.

"The map!" exclaims Tom. "We found more pieces - let's see if we can make sense of it."

There are nine pieces, and it looks like they can be put in a three-by-three square.

Quest 51 complete!

Quest 54: Assemble the puzzle.

Everyone with a map piece puts it on the cave floor, and Mike holds a torch to illuminate them.

"Stefi is very good with jigsaw puzzles," comments Amy.

"Yes I am," agrees Stefi, and she starts to assemble the pieces. The edges are slightly ragged but straight, so she has to go by the lines drawn on the pieces. All of the pieces are close to squares about half a meter on a side, so it isn't clear which pieces go in the corners, edges, or the middle, but after ten minutes she thinks she has it. "Does this look right?"

Tom looks at it and says, "I think so,"

John offers, "Yes, that's a map, but it isn't of this cave. At least the ground level we were are. Let me think about some more."

Quest 54 complete!

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