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go?
Queen Posey thought a minute. No. I think they should all go through.
Erec s heart sank.
Not many kids were left inside when shouts erupted. Two others joined Rant in his water wall: another
man, posing as a boy, and a woman who looked like a ten-year-old girl. Queen Posey did not look
pleased.
I m getting this over with, Bethany announced. She walked to the Identdetector with Erec behind her.
After a short wait, she walked in. Bethany Evirly, she said.
Bethany Evirly, Kilroy repeated, sounding tired. He looked up. Oh, hi, he smiled. His book flew
open to a different page and he marked a check by her name. You changed your name once, I see. he
said. Hmm. Are you related to Earl Evirly?
Turning pale, Bethany shook her head.
Too bad, said Kilroy. He s in big around here lately. Always at important meetings. He shrugged.
Next.
Erec walked in. Erec Rex.
Balthazar s friend, Kilroy chuckled. He looked at the machine, puzzled. Your majesty, I m not sure
what to make of this. Can you look? He is a kid, but his pictures don t match.
The queen stared at the pictures for a long time, then at Erec with a look of disbelief. Erec wondered
what was wrong with his picture. He could not see it from inside the machine. Could his name be
confusing everybody?
Your majesty? Should we let him stay in the games? He s not an adult trying to sneak in. Who knows
what happened to him?
Queen Posey cleared her throat. You are right, of course. He may stay.
Erec felt a surge of relief, though his legs were weak from the waiting. AdviSeer Kilroy?
Call me Sport. Kilroy winked. Saved you twice now.
Uh, I like to be called Rick Ross, not Erec Rex. Could you change my name in your book? Erec held
his breath.
Kilroy was clearly surprised. Well, I don t know. That s rather odd.
You heard the boy, said Queen Posey. Call him Rick Ross.
Well, okay then. Kilroy smiled politely and drew a thin line through Erec Rex. Rick Ross it is.
Thank you. Erec nodded to the queen and darted away to where Bethany stood waiting.
What happened? Bethany asked. I couldn t see the pictures from this side. Did they recognize your
name?
I have no idea. Erec shook his head in amazement. They said my pictures didn t match. How could
that be? I didn t have a shape-changing spell. Queen Posey was staring at me. I wonder if she recognized
my name. Kilroy didn t seem to. A heavy weight settled on Erec s shoulders. He had been safe, but
now he wasn t sure what was going on.
Bethany bit her lip. It sounds like my Uncle Earl has been here.
All right, Kilroy shouted. There will be no more entries. The games have officially begun! He blew his
whistle and the crowd erupted in cheers.
The first contest, said Kilroy, is the MONSTER: the Multi Option Non Stop To End Race. The track
is divided into half-mile segments, each splitting into branches. At the ends of the segments will be a sign
with a question. Each answer choice will point you down a different path. Only one is correct. If you pick
the right answer and go down the right track, it will split again in another half mile with another question.
If you pick a wrong answer, you either come to a dead end and go back or, worse, you may go on to
another track split, where there are two wrong answers leading to two dead ends. If you come to a
question where you know both answers are wrong, turn back and take another track choice.
You will not be able to see the dead ends until you are on top of them. They look like forks in the track.
When you return from a dead end, you must wear vanishing caps, which will be in big boxes next to each
sign. Kilroy plopped a black cap on his head and disappeared. Then he pulled it off and reappeared.
This keeps your competitors from knowing they are on the wrong path.
If you make each choice correctly, you can win in five segments. That s two and a half miles. If you
make every choice wrong, the race can be up to seven and a half miles forward plus five miles
backward. Don t wear yourself out too fast. Decision making is more important than speed. And don t
worry. This is hard, but two hundred of you out there will win the Multi Option Non Stop To End Race.
Good luck!
Erec thought of his sister Nell and her walker. The contest did not seem fair. Still, he was relieved it did
not involve the minotaur in the maze.
Erec watched as Bethany was counting on her fingers. She saw him staring and looked sheepishly at him.
Just figuring out the odds of winning by randomly guessing answers, with this many kids and the number
of segments. She shrugged. I like math.
The judges, minus King Piter, huddled nearby. Balthazar Ugry stood to the side with a scowl. King Pluto
waved his scepter, and numbers appeared on the backs of everybody s shirts. Erec was 441 and
Bethany was 398. Erec wondered if the numbers would stay on their shirts permanently.
The huge crowd followed Spartacus Kilroy around the maze and crowded around a wide starting line.
Kilroy blew his whistle, and everybody ran, bumping into each other for a half mile to the first sign. A boy
and a girl who looked like they were around sixteen flew above the crowd. A girl pointed up, saying,
There go the Calais twins.
A boy zipped by so fast Erec almost fell over. His feet skimmed over the track like ice on glass. A few
kids bounced as if they were walking on the moon. Erec was the most surprised, however, to see a [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]