They followed their muttering guide through the forest for what seemed like an eternity.  He would stop every few minutes or so to study the ground, or a plant or the branch of a protruding tree, mutter a few words to himself, and then change direction and quicken his pace.  It was sometime near midday when he finally came to a stop at what seemed to be an almost vertical wall of rock that stretched away to the left for several hundred meters, seemingly dividing the forest in two.

“What is it?” Amanda asked, noticing the confused expression on Cheese’s face. 

“The two boys spent some time here.” He said, indicating the ground that had been disturbed by two sets of footprints.  “And then one of the boys climbed this rock.”  He showed them where t...

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