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The Pages in the Box

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系列

二次大战之花

  1. 1The Key with No Lock
  2. 2The Pages in the Box
  3. 3A Message from the Past
段落 1 的插图

Leo quickly hides behind a big plant. A security guard walks past the door. The guard does not see him. Leo is quiet. Soon, the guard is gone.

段落 2 的插图

Leo goes back to the table and opens the clean box. Inside, there is no treasure. There is a small, old diary. He opens it. The first page says: "My name is Arthur. I am a botanist at Kew. The war is here, and I must hide my work."

段落 3 的插图

Arthur is Leo’s great-grandfather! Leo reads the pages. Arthur writes about a new, special flower. But the last pages are different. The writing is a strange code. Leo cannot read it. Tucked in the last page is one small, dry flower. He looks at it. He does not know this flower. He feels very curious.